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Student Resources:
Music and Rhythms:
Basic
rhythms
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Jas's
Middle Eastern Rhythm Guide:
An excellent resource, with many, many rhythms and a unique
"rhythm generator" - choose a rhythm, the tempo, and the number
of times you would like to have it repeated, then drum or zill
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Mas'ud's Rhythm
Guide:
Includes about ten rhythms and accompanying sound
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Tips and Rhythms for Zill Practice
on BangorBellyDance.com:
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Guidelines for playing and
practicing zills, as well as explanations of a few basic Middle Eastern
rhythms (Masmoudi, Maqsoum, Saidi, Malfouf, Ayoub, Ciftetelli, Karsilima). |
Mimi
Spencer/Mary Ellen Donald "Middle Eastern Rhythms Series" Book and CD |
Hossam Ramzy's "Rhythms of the Nile" CD |
Jalilah's Raks Sharki 4: The Rhythm Workshop CD |
Nourhan Sharif's "Arabic Rhythms Volume 1"
CD |
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Student Resources:
Music and Rhythms: About
zills
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Introduction
to Finger Cymbals on Shira.net:
Shira's typically thorough article on choosing,
learning, and playing zills.
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Tips and Rhythms for Zill Practice
on BangorBellyDance.com:
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Guidelines for playing and
practicing zills, as well as explanations of a few basic Middle Eastern
rhythms (Masmoudi, Maqsoum, Saidi, Malfouf, Ayoub, Ciftetelli, Karsilima).
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Saroyan
Mastercrafts:
Beautifully crafted zills
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Student Resources:
Music and Rhythms: Traditional
instruments
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Keti
Sharif's Guide to Middle Eastern Music and Instruments:
Pictures and descriptions of some of the
instruments used in Middle Eastern music.
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Student Resources:
Music and Rhythms: Translated
song lyrics
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Salome's Arabic Song Lyrics:
Over 100 Arabic titles that are translated into
English. |
Iliana's List of Arabic Song Translations:
A list of links to English translations of Arabic
songs. |
Shira's
Translated Song Lyrics:
This web site offers you English-language translations for more than
80 songs sung in Arabic, Armenian, Turkish, Greek, and Hebrew.
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Elaine's
Album Page:
Elaine's site allows you to do a keyword search of the contents of
197 Arabic music albums, and lists names of tracks, track times, and
composer. |
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