Do you want to learn the daff?
Buy the online course
taught by Abdurrahman Smith
How to Play Daff
with Nasheeds
Get unlimited access to more than 80 minutes of recorded content for only £30.00 GBP
Comprising 5 lessons aimed at beginners and intermediate daff players, the course includes:
- Background and history of the daff
- Holding positions, main strokes and additional techniques
- Verbalising and transcribing rhythms
- Easy daff rhythms
- Middle Eastern daff rhythms
- Playing along with nasheeds and qasidas
- Embellishing rhythms
- Playing the daff with others
- Improvisation and solos
Please note:
After purchasing the course you will be emailed links to access the content.
Learners need to have their own daff.
The course uses voice and daff only.
Also available:
The book by
Abdurrahman Smith
How to Play Daff
with Nasheeds
This book is one of the first in the English language to explore the subject of the daff, or frame drum, used by Muslims around the world to accompany nasheed and qasida singers. After exploring the background and history of the daff, Abdurrahman Smith uses pictures and tables to explain the main holding positions, strokes and rhythms used by daff players, helping readers to learn the daff on their own. A collection of online videos demonstrating how to play ten different daff rhythms is also available to readers.
Paperback £12.50 GBP
eBook £4.99 GBP
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https://www.bookfinder.com/isbn/9781399951913
Looking for the book's demonstration videos?
Abdurrahman Smith
Daff Teacher and Author
Having studied music in his youth and after accepting Islam in his teens, Abdurrahman Smith taught himself how to play the daff and was able to understand the theory behind its use in Islamic settings. He now has a popular YouTube channel on which he demonstrates how to play the daff and the various rhythms that can be used to accompany some of the world's most famous nasheeds.