Parents know this — kids don’t need an excuse to shake their bellies. When we “travel” in music class to the Middle East we definitely bellydance, and when we do our bodies move to awesome Arabic rhythms like those in a family known as “Baladi.” Among the most common baladi rhythms is Maqsum, which we drum out in class using Arabic drumming phrases — “dum” for a hit in the center of a drum, “tek” with a sharp slap near the drum’s rim. Want to drum along? We start here.
We are revising the AllAroundThisWorld.com site — the information you’re seeking may still be here, but a lot of links are broken and details may be out of date. We are currently using a new (better!) site — ExploreEverywhere.com — to tell you all about our class offerings, our “pen pal” program and how to become one of our teachers, and will eventually be moving all the goodies from here over to there. So, GO TO THE NEW SITE!
