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RIQ PATTERNS & RIFFS

(Look here for Jas' 'Mid-east Drum History' - featuring the riq.)

GLOSSARY of abbreviations for strokes (R-handed players)

c: cha - palm hit on rim
ct(s): count(s)
d: doum
l: 3rd* Left jingle stroke* 
r: right jingle stroke
rr: 3rd,2nd Right fingers
rrr: 3rd,2nd,1st Right fingers
s: slap
t: tek (Right rim stroke)

*this would be "kah" on a doumbek
or tar.
 

 -Accents are CAPITAL letters

-Jingle Rolls: rrrl (usually takes 1/2 of a beat; & lrrl takes about 3/4 of a beat.)
"rrrl" doesn't fit right into the count with fixed-width fonts, so there's a space in the text of rrrl that's not there in the sound. I underlined them to remind you to connect them in reality.

*fingers are counted 1,2,3,4 from index to pinkie on each hand.


These were the first ones I learned (from Layne Redmond's tape), and are still favorites.
1.
count:1 a + a 2 a + a 3 a + a 4 a + a
------D - T - rr rl - T - rr rl - t -

2.
count:1 a + a 2 a + a 3 a + a 4 a + a
------D - rr rl - t - k - t - rr rl -

I like to do three measures of #1, then one of #2; also like alternating the two patterns
to make an 8-ct. pattern.


Here's one I came up with:
3.
count:1 a + a 2 a + a 3 a + a 4 a + a
------D r l T l d r l D r l C l C l C

It's also fun to substitute rrrl (for "r l") right after the accented doums.

Here's another good one from Layne:
4.
count:1 a + a 2 a + a 3 a + a 4 a + a
------D S l t l S l t (repeat here or use the 1st or 2nd half of #3)
OR----D r l S l t S l (my variation of one of her patterns)


Here's a couple of "jingle drills" good for practising the two different rolls
(I italicised the rolls so you can see them better):
5.
count:1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
------D r l D lrrlt l
6.
count:1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
------D rrrlt rrrlt l


I think I heard something like this on Ramzy's "Rhythm of the Nile":
7.
count:1 a + a 2 a + a 3 a + a 4 a + a
or:   1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 2  (3-3-3-3-2-2)
------D r l D r l D r l D r l T - T -


This one of Layne's sounds a lot different from the others because of the pauses & accents:
8.
count:1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  5  +  6  +  7  +  8  +
------D  rrrl  T  -  l  D  rrrl  T  -  l  t  l  t  l

This is a shorter one of Layne's, but it takes four measures to do the 'set'.
9.
count:1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
------D - l D - l t l  (do that three times, then:)
------D - rr rl - T -

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