MIDDLE EASTERN RHYTHMS | Samai 10/8 Listen, Dance & Play + 30min

GET DARBUKA LESSONS 🌐 30 min Samai 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 ⬇️ Sama‘i Thaqil (also called Sama‘i for short; the word thaqil means “heavy”) was originally a Turkish usul called Aksak Semai. It is used to accompany the saz semai Turkish instrumental form (still in use in Arabic music, called sama‘i). Sama‘i Thaqil is also a popular muwashshah iqa‘, used in, for example, the muwashshahat “lamma bada yatathanna” (in Maqam Nahawand), “mala al-kasat” (in Maqam Rast) by Muhammad ‘Uthman, “imlali al-aqdaha sirfan” (in Maqam Bayati), “rashiq al-qadd” (in Maqam Bayati), “tarraz al-rayhan” (in Maqam Bayati), and “‘atini bikr aldinan” (in Maqam Nahawand).