Thanks Curtis. I've got a small clay doumbek too, but
it only sounds good inside here in south Florida
because of all the humidity. Unlike a djembe, there's
no way to tighten a natural head on a doumbek. I
mostly use an Alexandrian, synthetic head doumbek.
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Peter,
I have a synthetic head on mine too. I only use it as a small drum to
jam with friends inside so I never noticed the limitation with the
lack of tuning. I love the sound when you put your hand inside the
drum and pull it out as you strike it. Booowwwooomp! A little like
the big tabla
Doumbeks are pretty cool drums. I started hand
drumming on a medium sized djembe. It was cool to
listen to and learn African polyrhythms (3 against 2,
baby!). Then I bought a doumbek and realized that that
was my drum. I've taken lesson on and off from a local
professional doumbek player for
Hey Peter,
Check out this guy who is the finger exercise guru.
http://www.handhealth.com/ I have his tape and it really it great.
There are some video demos of his work on this site.
I have a great sounding clay doumbek. Fantastic sound for the size.
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Rick,
Does your tabla teacher have you doing finger
exercises to strengthen your fingers? I'm curious
because as I get better on the doumbek I notice that
my finger rolls, with some fingers, are a tad lame and
thought your
