In this video learn how to play the beat ghir ghira.
Ghir Ghira is very flexible and can be used alongside a wide variety of other beats such as chaal, bhangra, lehriyaan and mirza. Also alongside tirkits and laggi’s.
Enjoy!
Nov 152009
Oct 052009
As you can see we have 6 cycles of chaal followed by a sixteen beat tirkit (41-56) and we are still in time and in the correct format. Where as an 8 beat tirkit would be after the 3rd or 7th cycle of chaal, does that make sense? If not, read the full article here
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Take TIR KIT Take Take TIR KIT
Kin Take TIR KIT Take Take TIR KIT
Where to put in a break or thora (for chaal). Check out the following compilation…
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Kin Ge Na-Na Kin Ge Na-Na Dha *
In the above compilation you can see that short simple chaal is played and repeated three times followed by a single thora (bar 25 – 32)…
Click here to read the full article..
Welcome to the first Facebook Dhol Challenge!
To make sure you have followed all the rules for the challenges, check them out here.
The first challenge for October – we would like to see a video of a dhol player who is able to play the first 26 seconds of the introduction of Mann Doabe Da – Tigerstyle.
If you watch the video below, it is the introduction from 00:04 – 00:30.
If you haven’t already added How to Play Dhol on Facebook make sure you do so here.
Remember, you MUST follow the format of the title when you post it up on Facebook otherwise you will not be considered.
We will be taking responses to the challenge UNTIL 15th October.
Make sure you read over the rules again and good luck to all who participate!
Check out this video which explains three different types of click beats. Alot of these click beats can be used within bhangra and will fit very nicely when playing the ‘bhangra beat’.
Here are the bhols..
1) Dha Na Na click click Na Na Ge Na
2) Dha Na Na Ge Ge Na Na click click Na Na Ge Ge Na
3) Dha Na Na click Na click Na click Na Na Ge Na
and its variation..
Dha Dha Na click Na click Na click Na Na Ge Na
Sep 282009
So check it out fellow dholi’s, who thinks that they can play some seriously sick beats?
I want to let you, the users, decide who can play the best so here’s the deal…
- Every fortnight / month we will be creating a challenge for the dhol community (the challenge can range from repeating a simple beat, putting a dhol beat on top of a song)
- It’s open to anyone who wants to participate. All you need to do, is upload a video of you carrying out the challenge on your dhol and upload it on facebook. Make sure you tag ‘How to Play Dhol’ (the facebook user) on your video
- The winner will be determined by a mixture of the following criteria..
a) Number of facebook ‘likes’ / thumbsup on the video (Tip: There is no limit to how many people you want to tag)
b) Number of positive comments
c) Quality and clarity of the actual dhol playing
Condition and rules you need to follow:
a) Responses to the challenge must be appropriately titled when the video is uploaded onto facebook. Title will follow the format ‘(Yourname’s) Response to the Howtoplaydhol.com (month) Challenge ‘ whereby month relates to the month of the challenge and ‘yourname’ is the name of the individual who’s video response it is.
So if Gary uploads his response to the October challenge, the title of the response will read…
Gary’s Response to the Howtoplaydhol.com October Challenge
Make sense?
b) The only thing talking in the video will be your dhol. Feel free to smile or wink at the camera, but we will not consider any videos whereby the responder talks. (We want percussion not vocals! 
).
The winner of the competition will get publicly recognised & their video posted up on the howtoplaydhol.com site as well as some serious respect and kudos from the community.
The first challenge is on its way and may be out by the first of October!!!!
Stay tuned and get ready for an exciting month 
Dha Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Ge
Na NaGe Ge Na Ge Na Na
Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Ge
Na Na Ge Ge Na Ge Na *
Once the above laggi cycle is played three times you can look at any way in which you would like to close it off..
As mentioned above, we will be looking at three different ways in which you can close of your laggi…
Type 1 – With Tirkit
Dha Take TIR KIT Dha Na
Take TIR KIT Dha Na
Take TIR KIT
Beginning Dha for chaal
Click here for the other two types..
In the below hybrid beat cycle, you can see a mixture of the different
bhangra types being playedDha Na-Na Ge Na Na Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Na Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Na Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Na Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Dha Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Dha Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Dha Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na-Na Ge Na Dha Na-Na Ge Na
Dha Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na
Dha Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na
Dha Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na
Dha Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na Na Ge Ge Na
From beat 1 – 32, it is the simple 8 beat
bhangra played in 4 cyclesFrom beat 32 – 64, we have the simple 4 beat
bhangra played in 8 cyclesAnd from beat 64 – end we have
bhangra with mummy daddy playedRead the full tutorial here…
The short simple version of chaal that is most commonly used goes like this…
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Now lets take it a little step further and put it into a cycle with a slight variation towards the end.. Hope you can follow along!
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Na Na Na Dha Dha Na
Dha Na Dha Dha Na Dha Dha Na
Click here to read further…