Welcome
Welcome to Darbuka Mastery. Over five modules you will build everything a darbuka player needs, in the order you need it:
Module 1, Warm-up and posture: the stretches and the relaxed hands every stroke depends on.
Module 2, Dominant-hand strokes: doum, tak and slap, the strokes that carry the rhythm.
Module 3, Alternate-hand strokes: ka and pop, and two techniques for playing ka.
Module 4, Essential combinations: fourteen exercises that join your strokes together, each with play-along tracks at three tempos.
Module 5, Popular rhythms: eight rhythms you will hear everywhere, each played with you at 50, 70 and 90 beats per minute.
Before you play anything, open the next lesson, Start here. It explains how to read the notation, how to use the play-along tracks, and where to find your 30-day practice plan.