Hi Glenn and other interested parties, I have installed new skins on maybe a dozen tombeks. This is not many considering how many times a person has to do...
All three skins are used on bougarabous. Antelope and cattle are most popular in Africa, with or without fur across the surface. Goat is regional. The idea is...
The world has too many djembes! The beauty of a bougarabou is its sound, made possible by the cowskin head and more conical shape. I don't know about your...
Thanks for the insight and great advice everyone. I have decided to leave the Bougarabou as a Bougarabou and appreciate it for what it was meant to be…...
+1! Agree completely, especially about the lovely full Boug sound! And I guess what many of us call "cow" would really be from cattle or steers in their...
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This is an absolutely wonderful reference. Thanks so much, meantime I'm gonna practice the djembe parts and then maybe the dunum (using a wooden spoon and a...
Greetings Greywoulf and ALL! For my baby Bougarabou, what I call my "Boug-R-ette" which when I originally found it at "Marshalls" was headed with goat skin and...
Where are u from Sharon? - Robert Trammel On Jan 30, 2010, at 12:18 PM, swarden <smw34287@...> wrote: This is an absolutely wonderful reference. Thanks...
Wow! Thank you! We are having a great time with these. I have been using them with groups that have no previous experience drumming. Drumming is inclusive....
Hi I was wondering if anyone could help with some advice. I've been playing djembe for a few years and recently I have hurt my hand. It's sore on my right hand...
Hi. I have a lot of familiarity with this. The bone of the proximal pads of the ring finger often protrude or bend a bit forward and can get bruised. When it...
I was having some pain in my left hand bird finger or a week or two and was worried however one day I just gave it a tug and the knuckle cracked. Instant...
I bruised a bone on my palm at one point, when I started playing cowskin. As Alan says, I was playing too hard. My solution was similar. I bought the...
Greetings "djramsay" and ALL! As noted by the choir RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) is usually indicated when swelling is involved. I checked on the...
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Ice was the best solution. If it hasn't healed in a couple days to a week then you should become more concious of how your playing. You don't need all your...
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Played a wonderful rhythm last night called "Pacha". Yet I do not know the significance of this rhythm. It certainly seems social in nature and I know that...
Hi Marcus, Kpacha, pronounced Pacha (silent "K") is a Ghanaian song for coming of age and was taught to me by Emmanuel Gomado from Ghana. It is a coming of age...
Drumming Friends... Thought you might enjoy a link to some pics of what I like to do best (o/s of eating and sleeping?) and that's of me teaching and...
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Hi Marcus, Kpacha, pronounced Pacha (silent "K") is a Ghanaian song for coming of age and was taught to me by Emmanuel Gomado from Ghana. Traditionally played...
