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 Advanced Finger Cymbals - Accenting your own movement         - workshop with Saqra saqra@saqra.net www.saqra.net

Finger Cymbals Made Easy  - Creating combos with the basics, then using your cymbals to communicate your dancing and vice versa. Simple and straightforward rules and guidelines... that, with some practice, WORK!

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Sounds: Rings,Claps, Clicks, Closed Hits, 2 Hand Hits, Hi-Hats, plus 1 and 2 handed rolls

PRACTICAL PLAYING:

Rhythms, Counter Rhythms & Accents

BASIC PATTERNS

Gallops and Rolls -- basics

Starting the basics by dropping the lead in notes

BasicAccents

            Rolls - smooth or shimmying movements

            Hits - percussive movements

CONTINUING ON:

Accents and creating your own music

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1 Dance

3 Gotta Dance

5 Gotta Take a Chance - 1E+A2

7 Got a Chicken in my pants - 1E+A2E+

9 Got a Chicken from France in my pants - 1E+A2E+A3

11 Hey can you dance with a chicken in your pants - 1E+A2E+A3E+

13 Hey you can really dance with a chicken in your pants - 1E+A2E+A3E+A4

15

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Rule of 16

Examples:

3 3 7

3 5 1 5

1 7 5

Creating steps from simple patterns:

1 = . = point

3 = _ or ) = simple line or curve

5 = O

7 = S, 8, etc = more complex

9, 11, 13, 15 longer movements

Reverse it and start with the combo and add the cymbals