Here is a new song with words and melody composed by our young musicians in our workshops, inspired by qawwali. (Have a look at some of the other videos below to see how we did it..)
Here is our singer, Imaan and her family singing Ganj e Shakar, a Qawwali song in Raag Darbari.
The beat of this song is a rhythmic cycle called “Dadra”. It has 6 beats. Here’s a video about playing Dadra on the tabla:
Imaan and Daniel having a look at some of our participants’ composition work:
Here is a piece of music, based on Ganj e Shakar, composed by our young musicians in our workshops, by making melodic shapes out of the notes D, E, F, G and A.
Here is a short tutorial on playing Dadra (the 6-beat rhythmic cycle we have been using) on the tabla.