Darbuka Lesson - Clockwise Split Hand (intermediate/advanced)
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Clockwise split-hand is a quick 4-finger roll that can be inserted in a pattern or strung together for fills.
I call it "clockwise" because the order of hits moves clockwise around the darbuka head: right ring, right pointer, left pointer, left ring.
It's a versatile technique that can be used in almost any beat.
Thank you man for tsking time and trying to teach Darbuka , this is a great activity , I do appreciate and and I respect you a lot .
Dear Friend, thank you for sharing. FYI you can easily go faster if you follow one of the 2 ORIGINAL split hand techniques (right-index, left-index,right-ring,left-ring) OR (right-ring,left-ring,right-index,left-index). Reason for that; with clockwise motion when your right hand is done with first 2 strokes and passes the roll to the left hand, it (righthand) has to pause until the left hand completes following two strokes and pass it back to the right. The original technique above is a set of "combed-in" fingers and will produce a continued, uninterrupted hence a faster roll. I tried your clockwise motion it made me wanna hit the gas pedal:) .. cheers!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Engin! The first technique you mention, I teach here: ua-cam.com/video/juknvrLvqUA/v-deo.html (though clearly you already know it). To tell you the truth, I use pointer-pointer-ring-ring more than I use the clockwise technique, but I'm a fan of having lots of different ways to do things, because that way I end up coming up with stuff I wouldn't have thought to play, otherwise. The clockwise technique can be done pretty quickly once you put in the hours to make it second nature, though it's not as easy to loop endlessly. The main difference I find is that the clockwise version is naturally quieter and takes less energy, so it's easy to throw it in occasionally in cases where I want to hang out in the background and not draw too much attention away from the other musicians.
whoa...I already do this, I didn't know it was something more than me playing around. I was told not to do that in class so it was a natural progression of playing around. I have always felt like I was cheating because my class mates and teacher do not play this way. They are very Egyptian in style, when out I do this because I can. It feels natural to my fingers.
Yeah, teachers often have hang-ups and want their students to do things only the way they do them. I think that can be an unfortunate limitation to the student's expression. I tell my students to learn from everybody that has something to teach, and then keep what works for them and get rid of the rest.
Hello there , you are creating nice viewing lessons, well done.
I am still a student , but in this technique regarding the right hand that is has to do the 2 Tek I believe that I can give a piece of advice from my personal experience with all my respect, I am the person that sometimes do use finger muscles and most of the time it is not necessary or not helpful but, this time what I do is actually for non-stop "tek-tek-ka" (so it can be used for tek-tek-ka-ka) I do use my pointer and ring finger in a circular motion as also my wrist as I was trying to do the normal split hand, (think it like the wrist is one big gear that rotates in a speed, and the fingers smaller gears that has to complete their rotation in double time by the time of the bigger one) and that helps a lot because during the ka you have the time to reset the right hand , the disadvantage that this circular motion has is that when doing it fast it is kind hard to accent a tek..
I hope my explanation was as clear and understandable as possible maybe I have to make a short video for this.
with best regards.
I like your metaphor of the gears; that's a nice way to think of it. When doing clockwise split-hand I do use more finger muscles than when doing other types of split-hand. It is hard to get an accent tek when doing this technique. Usually I don't bother. I use it more for filling between the accents. I guess I sometimes use it for accents but I don't worry about it much. Not every accent needs to be super-loud, and if it does, there are always other techniques. If you make a video, drop me a line and I'll check it out!
Your instruction works if somebody is right-handed. Otherwise it’s very confusing for left-handed people
Hi. Thanks for the lesson. I have a quick question and sorry cause it has nothing to do with the lesson: what head is the remo on your derbouka?
It's called a Remo Ambassador Smooth White. It plays like a PowerBeat head, but the Remos seem a little more durable. I broke a PowerBeat head trying to get it on this drum.
*edited for correct information
Is it possible that you can do the right ring finger left ring right pointer left pointer and it is as valid as the pattern you presented? I always just did that one and so it feels so comfortable.
If it works for you, go with it! That said, I like to learn different ways to make the "same" sounds, because they often sound a little different, and moving my hands in a different way often leads to thinking about what I can do with the technique in a new way, so I end up coming up with stuff that I never would have tried if I had just stuck to familiar techniques.