Each rhythm is playable in the trainer. Pick one and start looping.
One of the most common Arabic rhythms. Foundational for belly dance, sha'abi and countless pop songs.
Heavier cousin of Maqsum. The two dums land back-to-back at the top, giving it a rooted, folk feel.
The two dums in the middle are the signature. Strong, martial feeling — often played with tahtib stick dance.
A hypnotic 2/4 used in zikr ceremonies. Simple on paper, trance-inducing at tempo.
A fast, rolling 2/4 built on a dotted feel. Very common for entrances and up-tempo dance sections.
A straight alternating dum-tak, borrowed from the foxtrot. Driving and easy to lock in.
Starts on the tak and lands the dum last, which flips your sense of where the downbeat is.
A busy tak-driven iqa' with one dum at the top. The paired taks give it its rushing character.
The extended 6/4 form of Haja' — the same cell repeated three times instead of twice.
A rare iqa' used in the Muwashah vocal genre. It opens on a tak before the dum, which shifts the whole sense of the downbeat.
A slow, sensual 8/4 with lots of breathing room. Common in taqasim and slow entrance sections.
Baladi with the rest before the first tak filled in as a taka, which pushes the phrase forward.
The long 8/4 masmudi. Spacious enough that the takas become the main source of momentum.
The simplest 4/4 iqa' — one dum and two taks with plenty of air. The default bed for slow songs.
The stretched 8/4 wahda associated with Riyad al-Sunbati. Slow, stately, and very open.
The wedding procession rhythm — celebratory and loud, driven by the sixteenth-note taka.