- Sun Oct 11, 2009 4:33 pm
#7186
Hi to all,
I have 2 djembes, and here is a brief discription.
1) 12.7" dia (playing surface), 25" height, 9.75' Base, lenke, Mali
2) 31.2" dia (playing suface), 25.5" height, 10" base, lenke, Guniea.
Usually, we play on chairs, with height of 17.5 - 18" and the I being avg height (5'7") the hands are at an angle where the elbows have to be lifted a little to play with the right hand and finger position. But during sessions, the elbows don't stay where they started and the presure then starts to come on the knuckles joining the palm and base of fingers, which is not felt at that time but later. If I tilt the drum too much, the bass note is taking a lot of effort.
So I am thinking of cutting an inch or 2 from both djembes. My question is will this affect the sound quality or any other thing. Also the guniea djembe has overtones, which have a metallic sound effect, is there a way to reduce these.
Thnx for your replies
I have 2 djembes, and here is a brief discription.
1) 12.7" dia (playing surface), 25" height, 9.75' Base, lenke, Mali
2) 31.2" dia (playing suface), 25.5" height, 10" base, lenke, Guniea.
Usually, we play on chairs, with height of 17.5 - 18" and the I being avg height (5'7") the hands are at an angle where the elbows have to be lifted a little to play with the right hand and finger position. But during sessions, the elbows don't stay where they started and the presure then starts to come on the knuckles joining the palm and base of fingers, which is not felt at that time but later. If I tilt the drum too much, the bass note is taking a lot of effort.
So I am thinking of cutting an inch or 2 from both djembes. My question is will this affect the sound quality or any other thing. Also the guniea djembe has overtones, which have a metallic sound effect, is there a way to reduce these.
Thnx for your replies
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