Thread: Zill pattern to Nassam Alayna El Hawa

I am set to dance to this song (live music) in the spring. I want to play finger cymbals to this piece. I think its a maksoum rhythm with baladi mixed. I don't know, I'm bad with some rhythms (possibly equally bad with the spelling ha-ha).

What zill pattern can I play to this music? I don't want to play a baladi rhythm and have some dancer in the audience think, "why the hell is she playing that rhythm when she should be playing so-and-so?"

Maybe you can get a recording by the musicians you will be dancing with, or email them and ask them about the rhythms. We play saiidi for the beginning of this tune. I usually play longa and 3,3,7, and 3,7,3, etc. for parts of it and follow the melody on other parts. It's a great song that has some nice accents and stops in it, so it's good to know where those are.

I think you can get our version of it on itunes. We just call it Nassam Alayna.

Originally Posted by dunyah

Maybe you can get a recording by the musicians you will be dancing with, or email them and ask them about the rhythms. We play saiidi for the beginning of this tune. I usually play longa and 3,3,7, and 3,7,3, etc. for parts of it and follow the melody on other parts. It's a great song that has some nice accents and stops in it, so it's good to know where those are.

I think you can get our version of it on itunes. We just call it Nassam Alayna.

Me too - these are the patterns I use too, longa, 3,3,7, and 3,7,3 and mix in other rhythms when I feel like following the melody instead of percussion for a while.

Okay, I will try to get a recording from the band. Thanks ladies, for your help!