In.dance Trance Series #5 - 18 Beat Rhythm

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This track is part of the Trance Series of In.dance

These are six minute tracks designed specifically to assist you to engage in music induced trance for whirling and meditation. In the tracks, there are no lead elements but with circling repetitions around a specific traditional rhythm. Focus on the different elements as they rise and fall. Notice there the different sounds at different parts of the rhythm.

It is recommended to use headphones where possible or at least a stereo sound system.

Follow the rhythm which is derived from a Balkan rhythm. Sometimes in traditional music in the region they will combine or do multiples of shorter rhythms to make longer rhythms.

For simplification, it can be broken up in the following way:
9 - 9 - 12 12 123 12 - 12 12 123 12
The accents in this rhythm make it into an 18 beat rhythm, you'll notice when the frame drum (bendir) begins is sounds like this:
If the accents or different sounds of hits are on the 1s and the 3s it can be broken up this way
12 1112 112 - 12 12 123 12

Similar rhythms with different accents create different feels in music and in traditional music simply shifting the accents in the same rhythm makes it into a different rhythm and is used in different songs - on the other hand, some Balkan rhythms have many accent combinations while also being called the same rhythm (not so straight forward) - the ръченица (Bulgarian Rŭchenitsa) for example.

You will notice that there are elements within the track that are alternating providing different accents within the rhythm at different intervals occasionally with syncopation or staggered beats. This catches the mind off guard and pushes it deeper into trance. See if you can hear all the separate sounds individually - pick one sound or one tonality of vocal and focus solely on that until you can hear that clearly as a distinct element within the piece.

Good luck and have fun!

Stay tuned for more in this series to come!