How to play a basic Zill pattern - for Belly Dancers

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Someone had suggested that I talk about the situation on how to play these if you are left-handed. Even if you are left-handed, I still would recommend you playing them the way you see on the video. My brother is left-handed and learned to play the bass guitar "righty" and he wound up being one of the best bass players in NY back in the 70's. You will develop the proper "muscle memory" to play no matter if you are lefty or righty. However, if you want, just reverse the instructions as far as what I am explaining and don't really look at the video, just use the opposite hands for the playing if you want to play them lefty. I hope this information is helpful. Happy "zilling." :-)

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Tommy Marcinek

[mellio]

more zill lessons please! this was beautiful!!!

[Pippi-Longstocking]

Omg. I love this. Whenever I bring this up in a zill lesson they look at me like I’m from out of space. Great lesson. And camera angle is perfect- mirrors what we see on our own hands.

[MojaveDaemonWitch]

🌹💙 During the first half of the tutorial, when you demonstrated without zills—only using your fingers, I was becoming disappointed; but with the second half of the video—wow, just awesome—totally awesome! Thank you! 🙏

[levanahbatlila]

Good idea to show the zill patterns for also left handed people so that they can follow directly.

[dorothywaddell]

Thankyou for this easy to follow lesson, wonderful.

[ange.shimmies]

this helped me a lot! i was doubting myself with zills but this made me more confident

[ginajonson]

Just brilliant to listen and watch and have a go Thankyou

[williamgutierrez]

best most informative video yet for a beginner like myself!

[kittikillpill]

Thank you! This is incredibly helpful! 🙏🏻❤

[gogoshagara]

thank you so much i didnt understand how to do it before, i just go with the music..it's more clear now i wana be good at it your video is so helpful..

[michiroberts]

This is awesome. I'm going to start learning zills soon. Thanks

[mellio]

Beautiful, that was poetry in motion!

[rakisabellydance]

I like your background music! Can i find it somewhere for practice use?

[Ichthyologistic]

What brand zills are you using? They sound really nice!

[esdrak]

Which is the nomenclature for fastest rythm?