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Music WS: Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Drumming

KVNF Community Radio Talmage Room
Paonia, CO

Embodying Rhythm Through Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Drumming, with presenter David Alderdice.

This workshop will mainly focus on traditional rhythms and grooves of North African, Persian, Arabian, Balkan, and Turkish orgin as well as some modern applications and musical sensibilities from these regions. Traditionally these rhythms are played on frame drums (including the tar, the riqq, and the daf) and goblet drums (including the dumbek, darbuka, and zarb), but can be adapted to all hand drums. bring your drum or use one of ours. This workshop is open to beginners and will help to broaden our musical awareness and rhythmic understanding while making these ethnic rhythms fun and accessible.

David Alderdice has been studying percussion, drumming, and rhythm vividly for over twenty years. He is the drummer/percussionist for the musical sensation FEAST, as well as other diverse musical projects including playing with Beth Quist and Sticky Mulligan. He is a sought after educator and performer on the western slope and beyond for all of the percussive arts.
To learn more go to www.embodyingrhythm.com

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Kid Friendly: No

Dog Friendly: No

Non-Smoking: No

Wheelchair Accessible: No

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