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Re: Ringing in the ears


This may not help much, but you can see and hear Baba play his big
daddy ashiko/ngoma at http://www.olatunjimusic.com/see.html .

His is bolt tuned rather than rope-tuned, but what I noticed about it
was that the drum is VERY low-tuned - between a djun and a djembe.

-Greg
Raleigh Drum Circle
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/raleighdrumcircle/






Wed Dec 8, 2004 1:41 pm

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... Mike, I don't have the room for the equipment to build ashikos so I don't know about the measurements you supplied. The Drum Calc online might answer the ...
Beverly Nadelman
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Dec 8, 2004
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This may not help much, but you can see and hear Baba play his big daddy ashiko/ngoma at http://www.olatunjimusic.com/see.html . His is bolt tuned rather than...
Djembe G
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Dec 11, 2004
12:34 am

Responding to a couple of lines from Beverly's recent ... Yes indeed, they do seem to be more prone to ringing than the djembes, but what a powerful bass!!! ...
Peter E. Carels
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Dec 11, 2004
12:34 am

Mike, The first suggestion i would make would be to check your bearing edge. As with any drum, the most typical cause of unwanted high-frequency overtones is...
Dylan Fila
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Dec 11, 2004
12:42 am

I have an oak Ngoma made by Brad Davis at B D Drums on Vashon, Island, WA. It has an elk or cow skin head. It doesn't sound at all good tuned down low. I tune...
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