Your first darbuka lesson, free

Your first two strokes, doum and tak, and the relaxed technique behind them. About ten minutes, right after you sign up. Have your drum ready.

What you will learn

How to hold the drum

Relaxed and balanced, from day one.

Doum and tak

The two strokes every rhythm is built from.

Maqsoum

Your first exercise

Doum and tak together, with play-along tracks at three tempos.

Then, if you want more

Darbuka Mastery builds on this lesson with every other basic stroke, thirteen more combinations and eight popular rhythms.