Zills on Fire: bellydancers, drummers, and percussionists
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The “Foundation” Patterns
These patterns are the basic patterns at the root of all the other zill patterns. Master these, and you can play any pattern!

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4/4
 Gallop: played as a sequence of triples (wherein there are 3 zill beats per beat in a four-beat measure).

The standard 3-beat gallop.

2/4
 Alternating: a sequence of fast beats played on alternating hands.

Standard alternating pattern.

4/4
 Hajah: 5 beats played in a 4-beat measure.

A lyrical 5-beat rhythm played in a 4-beat measure.


Creative Patterns
These patterns are created from combining the basic patterns above in a specific repeating sequence. Try making up a few of your own!

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4/4
 Pattern 1: gallop and alternating
3-3-7

Pattern 1

4/4
 Pattern 2: gallop and baladi
3-3-3-3 2 2-3-1-3

Pattern 2

4/4
 Pattern 3: gallop, alternating, baladi
3-3-7 2 2-3-1-3

Pattern 3

4/4
 Pattern 4: fast sycopated gallop sets
3--3 3-3-3

Pattern 4

4/4
 Pattern 5: alternating and fast gallop, sometimes called a Fallahi rhythm
4-3-3

A fast and difficult Fallahi rhythm.

4/4
 Pattern 6: fast rolling gallop and alternating—total improvisation

Total improvisation from the heart.


Standard Rhythms

Time

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4/4
 Baladi

Standard Baladi rhythm.

4/4
 Sa’idi

A syncopated Sa'idi rhythm.

2/4
 Ayuob

The Ayoub--a traveling rhythm.

8/4
 Masmoudi

The Masmoudi--just a Baladi stretched across two measures.
8/8/4 Masmoudi, variation

A variation on the Masmoudi.

3/4
 Vals

Standard 3/4 time--like a waltz.

6/8
 Yurok Daraj (Arabic 6/8)

The Arabic 6/8--double the beats of the Vals.

6/8
 Yurok Daraj, variation

A variation on the 6/8 rhythm.

7/8
 Dur Hindi

A slower 7/8--difficult for some.

7/8
 Dur Hindi, variation

Variation on the 7/8 rhythm.

9/8
 Karshlama (Turkish) or Samai Aqsaq (Arabic)

The very enjoyable 9/8.

10/8
 Samai Tawashii

This 10/8 is a complex rhythm--difficult for most.

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