Live music workshop series with Nadira
George offers private lessons in his home studio in Edmonds, WA also through Skype as well as classes at JamTown 7:15-9:15pm on Thursdays. You can register by emailing George , you can also pay through paypal by clicking the paypal button below. You may drop in as well, please contact George for details.
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Jam Town classes
Handouts and teaching videos will be provided.
Handouts and teaching videos will be provided.
- Introduction to Middle Eastern drumming
- Open to beginner drummers , other instrumentalists, as well as dancers. While the dumbeck (darbuka or Egyptian tabla) is the focus drum of the class, George will introduce the roots of rhythms used in the Middle East today, and their musical interpretation with different instruments of the rhythm section.
- Students will be taught the “why” before the “how”, so they can start on the right path of a fun, musical journey covering sounds, body and hand positions, energy flow , drum vocabulary, rhythms and more.
- Some students will be invited to participate in class performances along with George so they can get real stage experience. Furthermore, students of all levels may attend both classes at no additional charge where beginner students will concentrate on basic patterns while the advanced students will focus on the more complex ones.
- Intermediate/Advanced levels Egyptian tabla
- This class teaches, in addition to Level 1 material, an in depth level of the Egyptian tabla role in Arabic as well as non Arabic styles. Details of this subject that George will cover include:
- *Advanced technique
- *Composition
- *Performance and all aspects involved to be a professional tabla player in an ensemble, or a soloist with belly dancers. .