MIDDLE EASTERN RHYTHMS | Ciftetelli 8/4 🎶Listen, Dance & Play + 30min

GET DARBUKA LESSONS 🌐 30 min Ciftetelli Rhythm! Recorded by Omar Kattan with the porpose of help musicians and dancers to introduce them to the Middle Eastern Rhythms, playing typical instruments like Darbuka, Dohola (Bass Darbuka), Riqq and Daf. More rhythms? ⬇️ Oriental Rhythms I Album here ⬇️ Ciftetelli (pronounced shaftatalli in Arabic) is a Turkish usul that became popular in Arabic music. (Ciftetelli also is a very popular Greek line dance and rhythm, pronounced Tsiftetelli.) It is rarely used for composed melodies; its primary use is to underpin improvisations (both vocal and instrumental). Ciftetelli can be slow paced and stretched out, in which case it is notated in , and can share the same tempo and pace as Masmudi Kabir. Alternatively, Ciftetelli can be performed faster and lighter, in which case it becomes very similar to Iqa‘ Wahda Wi Nuss in (plus or m