Are You Feeling Uninspired with Your Zils?

Maybe you’re bored with playing the same old patterns.

Learning a set pattern is the first step in learning to play finger cymbals.

That’s an important skill to have, but when you ONLY repeat one pattern over and over, it can get a little monotonous…
 

Or maybe you’re “overstuffing” your zils.

Adding more “stuff” feels badass, but busy zils aren’t always more interesting. In fact, the opposite is true: when the audience can’t follow your zils, they can’t enjoy them.

And you end up alienating your audience instead of drawing them in.
 
 

So how do you find the balance between boring and busy?

That’s why I created my latest program:
 

Lace: How to Make Your Zils Interesting, Not Overwhelming

Claude Debussy said “Music is the space between the notes”.
 
In Lace, we’ll make our zils more musical by introducing more space.
(That rhymes!)

Instead of adding more “stuff”, we’re going to incorporate silence.

 
 

And we’ll do it in a systematic, interesting way that makes the silence as much a part of the music as the zil strikes.

Just like a piece of lace, it’s the holes that make it interesting!

 

What you’ll learn:

At Belly Dance Geek, we never just feed you material to copy, we geek out on how it works, so you can create it for yourself.

In Lace, you’ll learn:

• How to use simple patterns you already know to create intriguing lace
• How to branch out into longer, more sophisticated patterns without getting overwhelmed
• How to use lace patterns to call attention to different aspects of the music and your dancing
• How to incorporate the lace technique in performance (no “armchair zils” here!)

 

How does the course work?

Lace is a 4-part DIY course

Each of the 4 modules includes:

• A concise video lesson
• PDF reference notes
• Three homework assignments (about 20 minutes each)

Since this is a self-directed online course, you can work at your own pace, but the course was designed to take about one month to complete.
 

Suitable for (almost) all levels

We’re going to cover easy ways to make your zils more interesting, but not how to play them in the first place.

So we won’t be covering the absolute basics in this course. (How to fit zils, how to strike them, etc.)
 

If you have very basic zil skills

You have everything you need to get started. All you need to create Lace is a couple of simple patterns, like threes or beledi.

• You don’t need to be able to play them perfectly
• You don’t need to be able to play them fast
• You don’t need to be able to play them while dancing

You can work up to all that later. And the Zils Resource Guide has some links to tutorials that you can use if you need a refresher.
 

If you’re an experienced zil player

The Lace approach will give you a fresh jolt of creativity, as well as an approachable way for your students to be more adventurous with their own zils.
 

But if you’re a total zils newbie…

This program will be pretty frustrating for you if you’ve never played zils before. You can absolutely start learning the concepts now (and sing along or play “air zils”), but actually playing them on your zils will be tough until you have a little experience with the basics.

If you’re feeling adventurous and want to try it anyway, be sure to check out the included Zils Resource Guide before you start.
 

Bonuses

Lace also includes some bonuses, to help you get the most out of the course.

Q&A Session Recording

This is a recording of a Q&A call from the beta version of this course, so you can hear questions that other dancers had about this process.
 

“Karaoke” Practice Tracks (premium package only)

To help you practice what you’ve learned, I’ve also created “zil karaoke” tracks: MP3 audio files with my voice guiding you through the lace patterns, while a steady rhythm plays in the background. These will help you get the concepts into your muscle memory.
 
 

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What’s Included:	Basic Package	Premium Package
4-Part DIY Course	✓	✓
Q&A Call Recording (worth $15)	✓	✓
Zils “Karaoke” tracks (worth $17)		✓
	$39 Pay what you want	$43 Pay what you want
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