So I’m sure you remember this video. I’ve embedded it three times now. There is a short excerpt from this that you will learn in the video below the Hamza Al Din one.
This lesson puts together two techniques together to play this combo, the down down up picking pattern and the tremolo drone technique. Check it out!
The Hamza Al Din Combo
Difficulty: moderate to advanced, tricky
What?
The Hamza Al Din Combo is part of a free rhythmical taqsim that uses two techniques that give the listener the impression that there is a drone being played.
Why?
You can use this combination of techniques and play many different melodies with it. I think this technique creates a more spiritual mood, rather than an exciting dynamic mood. It is definitely rhythmical but it is more peaceful.
How?
It is best to refer to the video to learn how to do it. But here are a few things to remember when watching the video or listening to the overall effect.
The main idea is to take a melody and add a drone sound to fill in the gaps. It is obvious how we do this with the tremolo drone technique, you just play tremolo after the melody note. But when there is less time to play tremolo in between main melody notes then you have to use the down down up picking pattern to make it seem like you are playing tremolo in between each of the notes.
I hope that makes sense. 😉
What’s Next?
Another way to use this technique is to improvise a melody and fill it up with these two techniques.
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