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In celebration of our 20th Anniversary, Artem Uzunov gave Mystic Grove CUUPs permission to share his "How to play Darbuka. Level 1 (beginners)" Udemy class.
Join us all year at this "drop in and family friendly" class on 4th Wednesdays starting on Sept 27, 2023 at 6:45 PM EST as we explore middle eastern patterns.
Bring any drum, box, or bucket. Come for the whole series or just the topics you like best.
Students will learn how to hold the drum properly, how to play basic strokes, perform various exercises. Step by step. From slow to fast. We will learn to play basic Arabic rhythms.
We meet 4th Wednesday of the month at 6:45 - 7:45 PM.
Sept 27, 2023 Drum Parts and Orientation
Oct 25, 2023 Maksum and Baladi
Nov 22, 2023 Saidi and Malfuf
NO CLASS IN DECEMBER
January 24, 2024 Fallahi and Ayoub
February 28, 2024 Masmoudi and Khaleegy
March 27, 2024 Wahda and Wahda Kebira
April 24, 2024 Chiftetelli and Samai
May 22, 2204 Sombati and Dabke
The Mystic Grove CUUPs Google Calendar lists all our offerings. You can also find our listings on our Facebook Events page and on the annual calendar for 2023-2024.
Fall 2021 Beginner Drum Class Notes.pdfSupplies
While a darbuka is the main instrument used, you can use any drum, bucket, box, or other suitable household object you happen to have during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our "What to Bring" page gives some suggestions.
Please download the "Beginner Drum Class Notes" PDF. It contains all the notes you need for class.
Extra Subscriptions
While you don't need anything else to participate in this "drop in friendly" class with Mystic Grove CUUPs, if you want to practice more often, we encourage you to get your own subscription to "How to Play Darbuka Level 1" and/or the Darbuka Rhymthm app.
Facebook Study Group
Students can talk to each other in between classes, share videos of their practice, articles, songs, and other items of interest at the matching Facebook study group at www.facebook.com/groups/mgbeginnerdrum
About Artem Uzunov
Artem Uzunov is a darbuka player, a master-teacher at many dance festivals around the world, a composer of drum musical compositions, including “I Wanna Dance”, “Melody of Heartbeat”, “That’s Freedom”, “TrrPhoto”, “Belbly”, “I Wanna DumTek” and others which are famous in belly dance community.
He is also author of the mobile application "Darbuka Rhythms." His website is located at www.artemuzunov.com and his YouTube channel is here.
About Barbara H.
Barbara is a member of Mystic Grove CUUPS. She plays guitar with the Folk Ensemble and sings with the Chalice Choir at First Unitarian Church of Orlando. She has taught dog training classes for years, and developed an interest in percussion while attending drum lessons with her daughter.
About Cat R.
Cat is the current chair of Mystic Grove CUUPs. She also serves as secretary for the Board of Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans. (www.cuups.org)
She has taught classes at First Unitarian Church of Orlando for over 15 years with students ranging from nursery level to adult.
2021-2022 MG Beginner Drum Class Flier.pdfClass Flier
Class Flier
If you like, you can download the PDF of the class flier and share with others.
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