Drills & Skills, Winter, 2013 ~ "Raks Bedeya"
Alrighty ladies! On this page you'll find sectional music files for download. You can download them and put them into a playlist in iTunes, on your phone, etc. They're numbered so they're in order of parts as they appear in the song (with a little bit of lead in to get ready during). This way, you can practice section by section. Part 4b is the same as 4a, except that it has the faster section included that follows right after the Saidi section. Part 4c is just the faster part right after Saidi section (with a little bit of lead in).
These three sections are break downs of the longer "Section 1" below. They're all labeled, but 1a is the Hip Downs portion just after the "butt" turn. Section 1b is the "money hips" accent (the drum sounds kind of like money/coins in a bag being shaken). Section 1c is the straight line part, 1/2 of the dancers facing backwards doing reverse mayas, and the other half of dancers facing forward doing the 4 poses, then switching.....
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The whole song......

03_raks_bedeya.mp3 |
Video sections......
These vids are private unlisted videos on my YouTube channel. Please don't share them with others not enrolled in class with you. You'll need these links to get to them. Yes, that's me you can hear humming....I love the song, what can I say : )
Section (name corresponds with music file names above):
1a and 1b - Intro, Cross over side to sides, Hip Downs combos with hip bump turns There's a slow breakdown of the hip bumps with turns that is narrated at the end of this video : )
1c -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNAaLmjUypU Straight line formation, Mayas and Poses
2b - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50srMkovIwg - Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast (first time traveling to the LEFT)
3 - coming soon! Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast (second time traveling to the RIGHT)
4 - coming soon! Transition drum rhythm, Saidi and Fast section
5 - coming soon! Violin Taqsim section (tight circular pattern, flowering lotus)
6 - Drum section (straight line front to back) http://youtu.be/llm6C49guAc (was still processing when I posted, but should work)
7 - coming soon! Finale section (moving lines, dynamic pairs)
Section (name corresponds with music file names above):
1a and 1b - Intro, Cross over side to sides, Hip Downs combos with hip bump turns There's a slow breakdown of the hip bumps with turns that is narrated at the end of this video : )
1c -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNAaLmjUypU Straight line formation, Mayas and Poses
2b - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50srMkovIwg - Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast (first time traveling to the LEFT)
3 - coming soon! Slow, Fast, Slow, Fast (second time traveling to the RIGHT)
4 - coming soon! Transition drum rhythm, Saidi and Fast section
5 - coming soon! Violin Taqsim section (tight circular pattern, flowering lotus)
6 - Drum section (straight line front to back) http://youtu.be/llm6C49guAc (was still processing when I posted, but should work)
7 - coming soon! Finale section (moving lines, dynamic pairs)