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Old 11-06-2009, 12:42 PM   #1
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Hand Drumming

Just curious if anyone here plays with hand drums, like Djembe, Darbuka, tablas, etc, and maybe some techniques that you might use.

I've been messing around with these three because they are all lying around in my room, and they're a blast to play with acoustics or not too loud amps when you don't have a drum set available or you want a different sound.
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Old 11-06-2009, 03:25 PM   #2
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Djembe FTW. They're fun, but I prefer drumming so much more.
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Old 11-06-2009, 04:22 PM   #3
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yeah nothing beats a drum set.. that's for sure. But I live in a dorm right now so I gotta make do with drums that are a little less loud. I like using Darbuka because of all the finger rolls and shit you can do on it. It sounds real cool too, kinda like a snare drum of sorts. Me and my buddies set up all 4 drums in a kind of hand drum set, which was really fun to play.
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Old 11-07-2009, 01:26 AM   #4
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I mess around with my friend's djembe quite a bit, but I've never really approached it as an instrument that I could learn and utilize as I do with drums, bass, and guitar
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Old 11-07-2009, 11:46 AM   #6
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Whats an udus? I've never heard of that before
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Old 11-08-2009, 09:08 PM   #7
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Old 11-08-2009, 09:12 PM   #8
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Those things are always interesting. And hang drums.
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Old 11-08-2009, 09:13 PM   #9
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i got my udu for 90 bucks or so, they arent that expensive
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Old 11-10-2009, 05:03 AM   #10
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The CAJON is the best,is like a drumset y some way.-...
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Old 11-10-2009, 02:49 PM   #11
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That Udu looks ill, might take some practice to get it down tho. It looks like you'd need a lotta finesse in your hand motion to really get the pitches right and what not. Might have to actually take a lesson or two to get it down. I've tried teaching myself how to play Tablas just by fucking around with them but its really hard.. I'd imagine its kinda the same. Sounds cool though, you any good at playing it?
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Conga, Quinto, Tumbadora! Still working on my slaps. It's a lot harder than people think.
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Old 11-12-2009, 06:18 PM   #13
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tabla is supposed to be one of the hardest hand drums. udu isn't that bad, you just have to keep your hand as flat as possible when you hit the hole. i just mess around on it tho, it is fun.
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Old 11-13-2009, 09:42 AM   #14
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Yeah.. tablas are rediculous, they sound so cool though. I definitely got pretty frustrated with them. I looked online and found some Udu videos with a dude playing like 4 of them, it was mad cool.
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