Hossam Ramzy
Rhythms of the Nile - Introduction to Egyptian Dance Rhythms (2CD)

EUCD2659

An education in Egyptian dance and rhythms by Egypt’s master percussionist Hossam Ramzy. The first part explains dance rhythms and plays samples of each. (‘Intro’ denotes spoken explanations, while Masmoudi, Maqsoum, Saaidi, etc, is the music only.)In the second part (from track 25) Hossam invites us to a drumming workshop, first explaining the various drums (tabla, darabuka, mazhar, duf, etc.), then playing simple, easy-to-follow examples as well as examples of the rhythms in a full percussion section.

Track listing:

Dance Rhythms Introduction - 1:52
Masmoudi intro - 0:15
Masmoudi - 1:55
Maqsoum intro - 0:14
Maqsoum - 2:54
Saaidi intro - 0:12
Saaidi - 3:02
Fallahi intro 0:17
Fallahi - 2:59
Zaar intro - 0:19
Zaar - 1:38
Malfuf intro - 0:12
Malfuf - 2:30
Karachi intro - 0:20
Karachi - 1:53
Elzaffa intro - 0:18
Elzaffa - 0:57
Elzaffa El Kebira - 1:22
Three Four Time intro - 0:08
Three Four Time - 1:05
Samaai intro - 0:25
Samaai - 1:06
Abu el Khamsa intro - 0:37
Abu el Khamsa - 1:59
Workshop for Egyptian Percussion

Percussion Introduction - 0:38
The Instruments - 1:24
The Sounds - 4:08
Practice - 0:44
The Rhythms - 0:11
Masmoudi intro (a) - 0:13
Masmoudi (a) - 1:07
Masmoudi I, full percussion intro - 0:06
Masmoudi I, full percussion - 1:51
Maqsoum intro (a) - 0:16
Maqsoum (a) - 3:29
Malfuf intro (a) - 0:15
Malfuf (a) - 3:34
Zaar intro (a) - 0:19
Zaar (a) - 3:33
Fallahi intro (a) - 0:20
Fallahi (a) - 5:28
Saaidi intro (a) - 0:24
Saaidi (a) - 4:09
Masmoudi II intro - 0:08
Masmoudi II - 2:59
Rhythmic Combination intro - 0:23
Rhythmic Combination - 10:15

Published: 2016

Genre: Arabian & Belly Dance & Turkish
Label: Arc Music