Darbuka Lesson: Doum, Tek, and Ka (Beginning)
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2016
- This beginning darbuka lesson shows how to get good basic sounds out of your drum and offers some pointers for avoiding common mistakes. It also teaches the common rhythm Beledi.
You might be surprised how much the tone of your drum depends on how you do your basic hits. It's important to spend a lot of time mastering the doum, tek, and ka, before moving on to more complex techniques on your doumbek.
There are other good video tutorials on RUclips in which players show how they do these techniques, and some are different than what I show. My approach to the darbuka has always been to learn from as many teachers as I possibly could--in person, on RUclips, on DVDs--and to synthesize what worked best for me. I encourage you to do the same.
If you enjoy this lesson, please check out my other videos. 
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I'm Syrian and this instrument is pretty much popular in my country, almost each house has darbuka. Your lessons and explanations are very very good, literally I was enjoying every second of your videos. keep up boss.
Just found you Geoff. Best tuition by far that I have found online. Thank you.
Thanks from Russia! One of the best lessons. Your lesson was the most helpfull for learning Ka sound.
i am Egyptian and your lesson is better than the Egyptian's :)
This is one of the best into videos on the darbuka that I have seen. Thank you!
Thank you , Geoff, for taking your time to teach us. It is really appreciated.
Best explanation I’ve seen on Doum, Tek and Ka hitting techniques. Thanks Geoff!
you should become a professional teacher for darbuka. my just turned 5 years old can pick up lessons from you like anything. you are one of the best teacher that i have found online for my daughter. Good job. and thanks.
When I practice with your lessons I enjoy learning. One of the greatest teacher I have ever seen 🌹🌹🌹🌹
You rock Geoff, thanks for this!
You are a great teacher.Thank you for this lesson.
Thank you young man for the lesson..
Thanks a lot fo the good explanation and for the tips provided. Cheers
You give the best lessons on RUclips I love it! Thank you so much for sharing these lessons online
your instructions are really clear - love that you take the time to teach the basics - thank you so much Geoff!
Geoff, this is a great explanation. Thank you!
Great lesson! thank you!
Beautifully explained. THANKS you! I am crippled on the right hand but, being stubborn I am suceeding. And right now Very happy that finde your channel
Badass Darbuka lesson Geoff! :)
hey thanks a lot!! i just bought a darbuka a couple of days and was really struggling to get a good ka until i saw your video.
Thank you so much for the very detailed tempo structure ! 👍🏼
Geoff Childers, Thank You for the lesson, I found it very helpful.
Thanks! very helpful
This is a godsend thank you for you’re videos I want to learn this drum so much just to find instruction that is amazing and to the point is difficult I hope
You continue these videos! ThNk you!!! 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Geoff. Just starting out. I am practicing with an inherited Djembe for the mechanics, but will get a Darbuka so that I can play with a friend who is an Oud player. I lIke the way you spend time on technique before the actual hit.
Really great lesson! Thank you! :)
Can you post some videos on left hand finger exercises so that we can eventually solo with just the left hand?
Here's one: ruclips.net/video/K6-wt-4M7ok/видео.html
Hello Geoff. Thanks for the great video. I just started learning the darbuka and an having a really tough time with ka. I can’t make a clean crisp hard sound like I can with tek. Any tips for developing technique and strength? How long should it take for a beginner to get a good ka?
Ka is the toughest of the basic techniques. I didn't get it overnight either. It doesn't really require "strength," but relaxation, good wrist rotation, and accuracy. A lot of it is muscle memory and a naturalness that can only come through many hours of practice. Don't be surprised if it takes a month or two to get really solid at it, even if you're practicing diligently every day. Make sure you're not trying to "do" the technique with your finger; your ring finger is just the point of contact, and it has to be relaxed. The real action is in the wrist.
@@geoffchilders Thanks the tips Geoff! I was using my fingers initially because I guess that's what felt more natural. Using the wrist is definitely more difficult, but at least now I now to keep at it and not give up so quickly. I will definitely put in the reps! Thanks again!
Looking for the same on djembe drums if you happen to know of one
I'm accidentally using my pinky together with the ring finger when I do the ka, is that something I would want to correct straight away or this is actually normal?
PS: great video! :) please never leave us. There are no darbuka teachers where I live!
Thanks for the kind words. It's not necessarily a problem if your pinky finger makes contact with the drum, but you want the sound to come from your ring finger. You don't want your pinky finger muting the drum skin or preventing the ring finger's hit from ringing out. Make sure you're not doing a 'death-clutch' with your left hand where you grab the drum while doing a ka. You want that left hand to be super relaxed, but relax it in such a way that the ring finger sticks out a bit more--that way it makes contact with the drum first. Hope that helps!
Is your Darbuka a Sombaty or Classic size and which Remo head do you have mounted?? Thanks
It's a sombaty and the skin is a Remo Skyndeep.
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Indeed, a question: the rythm I most love, the debka appears nowhere. Why?
I haven't encountered that one before. Is it common in Bellydance music?
@@geoffchilders The debka or dabke is the most popular dance between árabs as well as jews, research Debka Rafiah, Bnot a Kfar or Debka Oud (these are the most popular among jewish but there are thousand debkas) As Far as I know It Góes: Dum dum tá dum tá dum dum but I know that this IS Just the mais structure and I lack the filling...
THANKS for answer!
*main structure
Forgot tô point isn't nothing related tô belly dance, I do believe is one of the oldest rythms and is danced on lines that, depending on the amount of dancers curls upon itself
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