Welcome to Denver Darbuka. We're delighted to have you here! This webiste is meant to be a central touchpoint for the Denver drumming and dancing scene as well as a valuable technical resource for darbuka players and belly dancers.
We range quite freely when it comes to composition styles. There is just a ton of fun to be had in playing in different ways, from modern pop dancing to more traditional belly dancing performances to improvisational jams. Our lead drummer, (link here) Brian Degitz, was competent at playing the (link here) Turkish split finger style before moving to Turkey. He lived there for eight years, teaching for a living while learning from and playing with some of the best darbuka players in the world. Training with him is in Denver for a limited time, act now.
Denver Darbuka is affiliated with Bella Diva World Dance, where Brian teaches a Middle Eastern drumming class (link to schedule) every Sunday morning at 9:30. Brian also plays in a Denver band: Eye-yoob and Les Americains, headed by Mona and including Americans like Korey, bass player name, wind player name, and recently from Bella Diva, John. Eye-yoob plays the Dragon Boat Festival, (help me talk this up).
We are evangalists! The only secret to this kind of play is that there are no secrets. The Turkish split finger style at first sounds like black magic, like a metronome has been conjured to keep the beat while the living dance while they can. It takes dedicated effort of a few months to get the hang of, though there are quite useful exercises that anyone who sits in traffic can perform. The links above will take you to videos of live performances, detailed information about darbukas, discussions about the connections between drumming and dancing, and much more.
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