Want to learn a song on the Oud in under 5 minutes? Baba Bahri is the way to go.

Not only can you learn a new song quickly, but you’ll also learn another rhythm. Not a bad deal if you ask me…

Oh yeah… and if you like notation…

Baba Bahri

Baba Bahri is often found played as a medley with Sidi Mansour. Listen to the recording below and you’ll be able to see how they do it.

The key with this song is to figure out the rhythm. 6/8 rhythm is similar to 3/4 because if you divide 6 by 3, you get 2… you get 2+2+2 = 6.

So one way to count six is 1-2-1-2-1-2, with the emphasis on each 1.

The other way to count 6 is by 3’s…

As in 1-2-3-1-2-3.

There are probably other ways to make sense of rhythms, but this is one way to make sense of Baba Bahri.

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