- Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:02 pm
#33886
I am a conga player who has been learning djembe technique for some months now.I have had good progress on my slaps playing with the bottom of my Knuckles just over the bearing edge. The slap has a nice cracking sound with a little ring to it. I have found that to produce a good sounding tone I have to move the the hand back a little towards the rim having the bottom of the knuckles right over the bearing edge. So the challenge is keeping my hands in the same spot changing from slap to tone.
I believe I have bigger than average hands (measuring about 8 inches from the bottom of my wrist to the longest finger) I was wondering if this could be contributing to this challenge or is it purely my technique? I hope the question was clear, thanks for any input!
I believe I have bigger than average hands (measuring about 8 inches from the bottom of my wrist to the longest finger) I was wondering if this could be contributing to this challenge or is it purely my technique? I hope the question was clear, thanks for any input!