Aloha The monthly reminder that my regularly updated reference volumes listing all known items in each category below are available at the Djembe and Mande ...
Michael Wall
drum@...
Dec 1, 1999 10:05 pm
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Greetings and Salutations ALL, The Djembe-L WebRing is going strong with 25 active members and 11 sites in the wings! If you will, visit and permit the wonder...
R Clark
clark@...
Dec 2, 1999 2:42 pm
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OK... so I ordered a bunch of gourds from Zittel's, and last week received a big box filed with them, about 15 or more, of various sizes. I've started the...
Jeff Howe
jeffh@...
Dec 2, 1999 3:41 pm
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At 10:44 AM 12/02/1999 -0500, you wrote: I mean, they seem to be dry, but ... ? I'd be very surprised if you were shipped 'green gourds'. Hey , if they are ...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Dec 2, 1999 5:10 pm
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I JUST PURCHASED NEW SKINS FOR MY BONGOS. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT I SOAK THEM. HOW DO I GO ABOUT DOING THIS? THANK YOU ... -- 20 megs of disk space in your...
RSamp69@...
Dec 2, 1999 7:02 pm
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They should be dry. They need to dry a year in the field (or in a shed). Zittel's should NOT ship green gourds: however, they will tell you if you ask them....
Ray Ruhlen
rruhlen@...
Dec 2, 1999 9:48 pm
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I hope you have tuning rings rather than tack skins., The latter calls for creative ingenuity. The heads with tuning gear have a metal ring on the skin which...
Ray Ruhlen
rruhlen@...
Dec 2, 1999 9:59 pm
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I need some help !!!!!! I just got a gourd from a friend of mine, and was wondering if someone could give me some info. / instruction on how to bead it ? Are...
TIMBA333@...
Dec 3, 1999 5:53 am
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Thank you very much Ramon. Bob ... -- Check out your group's private Chat room -- http://www.egroups.com/ChatPage?listName=latinperc&m=1...
RSamp69@...
Dec 3, 1999 1:35 pm
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... I would say this: NOOOOOOOOO!!! do not wet them!!! First of all: bongo skins go on the shell sufficiently tight so that the tension will seat the skin...
Francisco Lopez
panch0pantera@...
Dec 3, 1999 1:59 pm
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Hi Jeff, I have bought hundreds of gourds from Zittles and if you mentioned shakeres to them, they sent you dry gourds. Whole gourds that look and sound great...
m. brassell
mug@...
Dec 3, 1999 2:29 pm
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hey nolan, could you please unsubscribe me from this e group, I m getting too many damn messages, thanks noahwaldman@... ... -- Talk to your group...
noah waldman
noahwaldman@...
Dec 3, 1999 4:42 pm
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... A couple of years ago I wrote an article on making a shekere, It's now part of an FAQ at http://www.drums.org/djembefaq/index.htm scroll down to Vol 8b or...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Dec 3, 1999 5:36 pm
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... To everyone, I do NOT have the ability to unsubscribe or subscribe people. You have to do it yourself at www.egroups.com If you don't want lots of...
Nolan Warden
nmwar@...
Dec 3, 1999 9:11 pm
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... This FAQ is a pretty good description of making a shekere. Thanks. I used it last year to make my first shekere. A word to first time makers... be...
Nolan Warden
nmwar@...
Dec 3, 1999 9:18 pm
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... amen to that, and I'd suggest you find and buy braided line, NOT plain twisted nylon line. The twisted line (plied?) tend to wear more easily. ALL of the ...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Dec 3, 1999 9:37 pm
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Anyone ever tried using sinew or hemp string for the mesh? I'm curious as to how durable those are. -nolan ... Get the most popular downloads on the Web....
Nolan Warden
nmwar@...
Dec 3, 1999 10:12 pm
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Hi Everyone! I've been on the list for awhile silently taking notes. I wound like to learn how to play bongos. I know absolutely nothing about music other ...
Maria m. Cortinas
cortinas@...
Dec 4, 1999 12:49 am
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As it happens, I do play it sometimes in a rock band... ;^) It's good advice, though, in general, but I actually wanted a little larger, more beaded shekere...
Jeff Howe
jeffh@...
Dec 4, 1999 12:56 am
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Hi M. Brassell I've made several shekeres. As long as you are sure they are dry, the sound when they ar whole has some bearing on the final sound. I dont ...
Ray Ruhlen
rruhlen@...
Dec 5, 1999 7:24 am
1595
... Interesting...if I'm reading right it seems you are soaking the inside of the gourd (with water right?) to soften the material before you scrap it out? I...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Dec 5, 1999 7:30 pm
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Hey folks.... I've been playing rumba for a while now, not enough to consider that I really know it, but enough to feel like I've a bit of clue about it's ...
Steve Tierra
sctierra@...
Dec 5, 1999 7:30 pm
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Hey rumberos, I always seem to end up playing the middle part for rumba though I secretly want to play the bottom.(I'd probably want to play the middle if I...
Dan Callis
dan.callis@...
Dec 5, 1999 8:46 pm
1598
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Barkman
smalltime_2000@...
Dec 5, 1999 9:28 pm
1599
Hi Steve, To clean the inside of the gourd, I use an air compressor with a long skinny nozzle at the end. Sometimes I have to attach rubber hose to that to...
m. brassell
mug@...
Dec 5, 1999 11:37 pm
1600
Does anyone know where a person can buy already made shekeres? Good quality (cubano/bembe style)? w/lots of tone, nice bead work etc.? A friend told me about...
Dan Callis
dan.callis@...
Dec 5, 1999 11:50 pm
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Mary, Steve et alia, My trick for the insides... Put some smallish, sharpish rocks inside the gourd -- big enough so that they can scrape against the inner...
Jeff Howe
jeffh@...
Dec 6, 1999 12:23 am
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Sorry, Dan... I got one of my shekere's in San Francisco, at Haight Ashbury Music, one of two that they had on hand then (about 3 years ago)... a nice light...
Jeff Howe
jeffh@...
Dec 6, 1999 12:30 am
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Jeff, Shekeres are a difficult thing to purchase unseen. I saw a bunch of Caribbean Rhythms shekeres in Toronto recently and I have to say from the stock this ...
Dan Callis
dan.callis@...
Dec 6, 1999 1:39 am
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Hi Steve, The following two basic parts are what I have played, #1 most often. I saw Rejino play last night at the Encuentro in the Mission last night. During...
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