The dumbek, (aka tablah, darabukka , derbocka, and dumbelek among many others) is a Middle Eastern/North African goblet drum whose name varies depending on the location. It is also the lead percussion instrument in most traditional middle eastern genres. I would like to start focusing some of my musical time on brushing up on my hand drumming skills, and I hopefully we begin post rythmic breaks downs of various beats I work on from week to week.
http://outofthedarj.com/rhythms/ - With Musical notation and youtube videos
http://www.therotunda.net/drum/index.html- Kamuran's Dumbeck Guide- has a 32 rhythm pdf
http://www.joyofbellydancing.com/drum2.htm#Rhythms - from the Joy of BellyDancing
http://www.khafif.com/rhy/- lots of rhythms, but I don't like the notation on the site
http://www.darkwaters.org/drumming/middle-eastern_rhythms.php- this one has audio samples as well with the notations
http://www.aletadances.com/rhythms.html- Middle Eastern Rhythms Article by Aleta Quinn, another good site for reference. I like the text notation of this the best, and any notation posting I do will mimic this.
