Thread: Help! Looking for a good 2 minute-ish Drum Solo

Help me!!
I have been searching for a short, peppy little drum solo for my classes---something just about 2 minutes----give or take.

I feel like I've gone thru my entire music collection, and nothing seems
to be " it"! Does that make sense? Has that ever happened to anyone else?..c::

I am open to suggestions.........and HELP!!!..cr.:

Thanks!

I lurve "Tabla Solo I" from Ya Bahaia - it clocks in at 2:31. If you go to the video clips page of my website, you can hear it in the most recent clip at the top left.

There are two short ones (actually called Short Drum Solo, 2:16, and Very Short Drum Solo, 1:17) by Raquy and the Cavemen. I think they're available on iTunes.

A gift from Cairo has two short ones, clocking in at 1:04 and 1:48.

Bellydance for Fortune and Fame also has one that is 1:15 and one that is 2:05.

Issam's The Dancing Drum has a 1:18 and a 2:37 (my favorite).

short drum solo from Ya Bahaia
tabla Solo from the Jalilah Raks Sharki (1:44) is also great. It's what I use for my beginners choreo

I've used Sabla Tolo 1 on Hossam Ramzy's Faddah album. It's 2:02.

I've had this problem too when looking for short drum solos, some great suggestions here.

The only ones I found were:

Tabla Plus (Dynamic Drum Solo) - from Belly Dance Fantasy - 2:04

Bediuns passion (Egyptian drum solo) - again from Belly Dance Fantasy - 2:13

Solo Nuria - from Drum Solo and Music for Oriental Dance - 2:11

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I can't wait until I get home later and can sit down and find clips of these!
I've done Tabla Plus already---always been one of my favorites, and just perfect isn't it?
Keep 'em coming....I feel better laready....

Rakiya's Tabla, from a Rough Guide to Bellydance. It's 1:55.

There's a song called Drum Solo on the cd Fatouma-Bellydance Music and Songs(from IAMED) it's 2:32 minutes. I actually used this song for my first drum solo.

I was also going to suggest Tabla Plus (Belly Dance Fantasy) and Solo Tabla 1 (Ya Bahaia). I learned choreos to both of those from Aziza, which automatically puts them in the fun & dynamic category. :) Of course there's also Sahra Saidi (there's a 2:40 version), another one I learned from Aziza.

"Beirut Rhythms" on Jalilah's Raks Sharki 6: In a Beirut Mood is nice. The intro is about 40 sec., which you could cut, and there's a little shimmy section at the end. And it's great that it's available for (legal) download!

Carmine Guida's "Shake 'Em Up Bellydance" has several that are around 2 minutes.

Some of Issam's drum solos are 2 minutes or less - Art of The Drum Solo CD has lots of short ones by him

There's one on Jillina's "Ya Jillina" - I think it's either Track 3 or 4 that's about two minutes long. It's simply called "Drum Solo."

Have you forgotten about "Drumzilzia"?? Hmmm???

{scuttles off and hides before tomatoes get tossed}

Sorry, folks, inside joke.