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It is not the easiest to play but sounds really cool!

Sign: spread arms and shake your shoulders and hips

Background

Name: “Hafla” (حفلة) means “Party/Festivity” in Arabic.

Musical background: Based on Masmoudi, one of the 6 major Middle Eastern rhythms that are typically played on hand drums such as the Dumbek (Wikipedia).

Sign: (More info needed.)

History: Introduced by RoR Tel Aviv on TNM 2011.

Difficulty

  • Low Surdo: easy
  • Mid Surdo: medium
  • High Surdo: easy
  • Repi: hard
  • Snare: hard
  • Tamb: medium
  • Agogô: medium

Breaks

  • Hafla Break/Yala break is similar to the first two counts of the Tamb line.
  • Kick Back 1 Break is like the Hafla Break with alternating surdo and all-others (call-response). It is played in a loop, repeated over and over until something else is shown.
  • Break 3 is a call response over 8 counts between Snare and all others.
  • Hook Break is a bit tricky. It’s call response (Surdo to all-others) over 16 counts. There is a funny memoryhook: “It’s a banana, it’s not a pineapple. it’s not an aubergine or a pear. It’s a what, It’s a what, It’s a what, It’s a what? It’s a yellow ba-na-na.” Also really nice if repeated a few times.