Rhythm Classes with Osama El-Gohary
Hi friends,
Did you practice the last lesson? Did you try to hear some songs and did you try to look for the Maksoom and Baladi rhythms in this songs? Who spend more time in practice for sure will get more benefit .
Well, try to remember these exercises and practice each one for 3 min before starting today's lesson.
Remember the 9th exercise: repeat with each click one dom and one tak, also be sure that you don't let any space between the dom and the tak and you are splitting the time equally for the dom and the tak.
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You:
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dom tak
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dom tak
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dom tak
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dom tak
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Remember the 10th exercise: repeat with each click one tak and one dom, also be sure that you don't let any space between the tak and the dom and you are splitting the time equally for the tak and the dom.
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You:
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tak dom
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tak dom
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tak dom
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tak dom
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Now let's mix the 10th exercise with the 9th one.
Repeat with one click tak dom and with the next click dom tak, also be sure that you don't let any space between the tak and the dom and you are splitting the time equally for the tak and the dom.
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You:
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak dom
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dom tak
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Practice it for 7 minutes.
Try to mix the 9th exercise with the 7th one.
Repeat with one click dom tak, and with the next dom dom, also be sure that you don't let any space between the tak and the dom and you are splitting the time equally for the tak and the dom.
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You:
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dom tak
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dom dom
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dom tak
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dom dom
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Practice it for 5 minutes.
Repeat with each click the letter S.
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Practice for 3 minutes.
Repeat with each click tak S.
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You:
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tak S
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tak S
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tak S
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tak S
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Practice for 3 minutes.
Repeat with each click dom S.
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You:
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dom S
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dom S
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dom S
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Now lets try this interesting exercise, lets mix the 7th, 10th , 9th , 6th exercises together,
Repeat with the 1st beat dom dom, with the 2nd beat tak dom, with the 3rd beat dom tak, with the 4th beat tak tak...
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You:
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dom dom
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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7 minutes of practice...
Do you know ,what you just did? You just played the Saidi rhythm , and this will lead us to talk about the Saidi Rhythm Group. Yes, Saidi has a big group and could be played with many different ways. Saidi is a very beautiful folk rhythm, and the name Saidi comes from El Said, it's a big state located in south Egypt.
Repeat with the 1st beat tak dom, with the 2nd beat tak dom, with the 3rd beat dom tak, with the 4th beat tak tak.
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You:
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tak dom
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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7 min of practice...
This is another style of the Saidi rhythm.
repeat with the 1st beat dom tak, with the 2nd beat tak dom, with the 3rd beat dom tak, with the 4th beat tak tak...
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You:
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dom tak
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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7 minutes of practice...
This also another style of the Saidi.
Repeat with the 1st beat tak tak, with the 2nd beat tak dom, with the 3rd beat dom tak, with the 4th beat tak tak...
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click
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You:
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tak tak
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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7 minutes of practice.
And this is another style also.
So Saidi could be played these ways:
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You:
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dom dom
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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tak dom
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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dom tak
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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tak tak
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tak dom
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dom tak
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tak tak
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Practice these different styles of Saidi to be able to recognize them when you hear them.
This time you have a homework you should do and we will discuss it next lesson, try to differentiate between Baladi, Maksoom and Saidi.
Keep practicing these exercises until the next lesson.
Good luck,
Osama El-Gohary
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