by yoni » Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:10 am
Well, when I grow up I want to play congas just like Johnny Conga!
Smokin'?
JC, coming from you, that's a hugely valued compliment. Thanks.
Thanks to all else, too. I play mainly for just the joy of the sounds, but this is some real fine icing on the cake. Wow.
Berimbau, that's a big darbouka but a small Bar Rashi. I have some younger brothers who'd make that drum look almost normal size. Got it in an ethnic instrument shop called Chitori in South Tel Aviv. Bought another some months later when I could, and lucky I was able to 'cause there weren't many and they're all gone. No replacement heads available here either in that size. First one broke and I mounted a goatskin on it instead, pictured in other posts of mine (with light in it). This plastic head one has a small tear under the rim and the sound is going dead, as you can hear it doesn't ring much, so I may put on another natural skin when it really goes...
Never studied tabla but one roll I did here, just before the 2nd rhythm, may be similar to a tabla roll. Learned it from 2 great Turkish bros, Ahmet and Levent, real masters of that technique. But most of the rolls here are open double stroke hand rolls - not fingers - like how some players do them on congas. I haven't yet seen/heard anyone else doing them on darbouka.
I also do them on congas, had a clip here of a conga solo with a few, but had CongaMan remove it and another clip 'cause I didn't like them anymore and want to put up new stuff instead
Finger techniques on quinto and congas? Why not? In this clip I only do 2 or 3 techniques, but I'm not a big traditionalist and often mix up all kinds of rolls on any kind of drum, or other surface that falls prey to my itchy hands and fingers. Heh, heh... :angry:
Berimbau and Diceman I hope this answers questions.
Onile, so true what you write about what practice can get you. I would love it to get me a bit more music work, but I get plenty joy from the music and life itself.
And get huge joy from this feeback. Wow. Thanks again.
Yoni