Darbuka Lessons for Intermediate/Advanced Players

This intense online course with more than 2.5 hours duration is designed for intermediate to advanced level players to take them into the next level on their darbuka playing skills and technique. The course package covers extensive exercises and practices, ideas on how to create groove solo, the most popular rhythms and it is enriched with Hakan Kaya’s compositions, grooves and independent ideas. The course consists of 9 bundled lessons with 55 videos where each of them offers distilled methods, exercises and techniques from Hakan Kaya’s more than 20 years of darbuka playing experience. Throughout the lessons you will be guided with a classroom approach having “instructor-to-student” conversations, questions & answers and on-screen notations. Also you will be guided with solo playing of Hakan Kaya showing his technique with close up shots and slow motion scenes.

Lessons are led by Hakan Kaya and cover the below topics.

• Multiple Pattern Exercises
• 2/4 Grooves and Ornaments
• How To Create Groove Solos on 2/4, 4/4 Time
• Rolling Ideas, Tremolo Variations
• Hakan’s Grooves and Independent Ideas
• The most popular rhythms including 9/8, Semai, Baladi, Maksum, Indian Rhythms, Malfuf, Wahte, Çiftetelli