Zill info for practice
- zill – turkish, sagat – arabic, finger cymbals – english
- make sure elastic is TIGHT (fingers should turn blue)
- third finger: between two knuckles, thumb: on knuckle
- noises
- ring (circling hand like stirring soup, or shaking from limp
wrist)
- practice dum on R, then L (with arm movement down)
- practice tek on R, then L (with arm)
- DT DT DT on R, then on L – speed it up
- DT DT r, then DT DT l
- DT r, DT l, DT r, DT l
- araj (to limp – gallop or triplets)
- alternating (with arms): RLR LRL RLR LRL
- add movement forward and back (hip bumps)
- RR D RR T, RR D RR T (with DT arm up and down – “fling” for D)
- LL D LL T, LL D LL T (with arm)
- add saidi step (pushaway) sideways
- other rhythms
- zill drill – 123, 123 4 5, 123, 1234567 (arms over head, arabic
1-step)(don’t count sev-en, because that adds an extra beat)
- beledi: DDtktDtkt DDtktDtkt
- maqsoum: DTtDt DTtDt where T is a tek with a slight
pause, or DtkttDt
- karshlima: D t D ttt or harder version DtkttkDtk t t t