Reviews

Glenn Upton

5 star rating

“An excellent course well presented allowing for skill development. The backing tracks and links to original music facilitate practice and make skill acquisition enjoyable.”

“An excellent course well presented allowing for skill development. The backing tracks and links to original music facilitate practice and make skill acquisition enjoyable.”

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Emil Emil

5 star rating

“i do recommend the teacher .the lessons !!!!!! best lessons. i bought many courses online to learn darbuka.this is far the best for learning .a lot of information .and very good explained.”

“i do recommend the teacher .the lessons !!!!!! best lessons. i bought many courses online to learn darbuka.this is far the best for learning .a lot of information .and very good explained.”

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Bjoern Klein

5 star rating

“Good method, well conceived didactics. I really like it. ”

“Good method, well conceived didactics. I really like it. ”

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Emeka Onono

5 star rating

“Simple to learn, satisfying to play!”

“Simple to learn, satisfying to play!”

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Kamel Hamoudi

5 star rating

“You can tell that Stuart has put a lot of energy and effort into this course. It is very well detailed and he has explored all the main darbouka rhythms extensively. The video are also very helpful. This is a great Darbouka course!! Thanks Stuart!...”

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“You can tell that Stuart has put a lot of energy and effort into this course. It is very well detailed and he has explored all the main darbouka rhythms extensively. The video are also very helpful. This is a great Darbouka course!! Thanks Stuart! I hope you will make a course about darbouka solo soon!”

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Laurent Haubin

5 star rating

“Merci pour ces cours en ligne, c'est très bien fait, cela me permet de développer vraiment mon jeu. Et aussi de reprendre les bases pour avoir une bonne assise. Bravo Stuart”

“Merci pour ces cours en ligne, c'est très bien fait, cela me permet de développer vraiment mon jeu. Et aussi de reprendre les bases pour avoir une bonne assise. Bravo Stuart”

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An Advanced Rhythm from the Intermediate Course

Can you play this one? The lessons will gradually take you from the very basics to being a confident, technical and musical darbuka player

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The course is carefully designed and structured to help you make steady, satisfying progress while building strong technique and musical confidence. See the reviews above to hear what other students are saying.

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Play darbuka in 21 days — and continue learning beyond

Step-by-step guidance with simple videos to get you started


Imitating the kanun provides a rich musical foundation that helps you develop groove, control, and musical awareness

Practicing a single rhythm on its own can quickly feel repetitive — and playing with a metronome isn’t always inspiring. That’s why the course includes original backing tracks you can play along with. By practicing rhythms within real musical contexts, you’ll improve timing and listening skills without it feeling like practice. The course includes backing track videos for each rhythm at different speeds with darbuka notation on top. All recorded on kanun, live by a professional musician, created especially for this program.

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Is It Difficult to Learn Darbuka?

Have you tried learning from YouTube and ended up feeling overwhelmed with no clear system to follow?

Random lessons and copying players often lead to confusion, bad habits, and frustration. This course removes the guesswork with a clear, step-by-step approach, helping you progress confidently and finish each lesson feeling accomplished.
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A Well-Designed Course

Built to help you make steady, meaningful progress

You may have taken classes with different teachers or watched countless YouTube videos — but you’re here for a reason. This course gives you a clear structure and direction, so you always know what to practice and why.
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Who is Your Teacher?

A professional darbuka player and experienced educator

Stuart began playing percussion and drum kit at age 11 and later travelled to India to study tabla, developing a deep sensitivity to tone and melody. He then spent over six years studying darbuka full time in Egypt and Turkey. In Egypt, he performed with Nasser Shamma and Fathy Salama, and in Turkey he began performing with Light in Babylon. He has recorded six albums and tours internationally, with his latest album On Our Way released with Light in Babylon.
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What’s included in the courses?

Darbuka in 21 Days is the Most Complete and Fastest Online Method to Learn Darbuka

  • Pricing

    There is no need to pay for separate costly lessons and travel to and from your teacher who might not even give you the right learning material. Initially the full course is offered for less than 32 cents a lesson. That's a huge saving! If you are new to darbuka or even been playing for years this is course for you. A wonderful well thought out course which doesn't hold back any information

  • What rhythms are included?

    You will learn how to lots of rhythms from the very basics all the way to the top. Malfuf, Maksoum, Saiedi, Karsilama, Roman, Kopanitsa, and a variety of other rhythms in different time signatures are covered in detail.

  • Why this Course?

    Literally at your fingertips there are 480 videos of rhythms with variations set out in a way to make quick progress

  • Watch any lesson as many times as you need

    Have you ever been stuck trying to play something for weeks or even months? With this method you will quickly pass from one step to the next

  • From the basic strokes to the advanced

    Learn the correct way to play right from the start so you don’t have to correct anything afterwards

  • What Courses Are Available?

    The courses teach you how to play a variety of rhythms starting from very simple to very complex. Techniques, rhythm and musicality are focused on

Recap

This course is not just for beginners

  • 480 Videos

  • Turkish and Arabic Techniques

  • Lot's of Rhythms

  • An Essential Method

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