Training Your Ear

I've seen beginner bellydancers who happened to be musicians and, because of their musicality, their performances have been quite enjoyable, even if their technique was very basic. On the other hand, whenever you see a dancer who can't hear the music (no matter how good her technique is), Don't you get the same feeling you do when someone runs her nails on a chalkboard?

The basis of a Bellydance Drum Solo is Middle Eastern Rhythms. If you want to learn how to dance, not only to any drum solo but to ANY bellydance song, your number one task is to learn the rhythms: understand them, identify them, feel them. 

Why would you want to learn about rhythm? 

• So you get better at improvising and never freeze again.
• To accelerate years of training. 
• To get a better understanding of what you are dancing. Knowledge is power. 
• To learn some rules and basics. Only by learning rules and basics are we empowered to break them.  
• So you can create your own dances, not just learn other people's choreographies. 
• So you feel competent among musicians.
• Because I danced in the darkness for many years and I don’t want you to do the same. I want to help you turn on the lights.

Let me now take you to the very beginning of my Drum Solo obsession. 

- Blanca 

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RHYTHM & DRUM SOLO WORKSHOP
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