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Re: Think you can drum? ;)
Mon, April 28, 2008 - 5:33 PM
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 5:49 PMThat was powerful. Who are those guys Halil? you have been bringing these beautiful recordings. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 5:53 PMThose guys are amazing :) Here's a guy playing the doumbek and some other stuff lol in a way I haven't seen before, I'm not sure if you know him. If not you should look him up... Rony Barrak:
www.youtube.com/watch
www.youtube.com/watch
www.rony-barrak.com/
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 5:53 PMThey are the Harlem Glogetrotters of hand drumming!
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 8:33 PMHi Kent. I can't remember the name of the drum, something like dolak maybe, but I do know they play similar drums (and dance like that) in Georgia. Before booking tickets to Atlanta, it is the other Georgia in the area of northeastern Turkey around the Black Sea. Gerbus (?) used to live where I do and taught both the drumming and dancing before returning to Turkey. This was over ten years ago. Thanks, Halil, for the vid connection. -
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Mon, April 28, 2008 - 8:52 PMI am familiar with the two headed drum (the ones that look like a small davul/tabl beladi/tupan/daoulli) they are very commonly played by Armenians with their hands (as in the video) rather than with a beater and a switch. The Armenians call this instrument a "Dhol" and it is played to cover the accompany line the way a dhola or a large deff would be in Egyptian and Arabic music.
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 1:34 PMThanks so much for the comments.
The drum is called Doli here(but also Dhol and Dholi; Jeffrey was right about the Armenians), and this particular group is Kavkaz. Kavkaz people are basically Georgian Turks from Eastern Turkiye; the Kars are the Ermeni, or the Armenian counterpart. If you explore the videos linked to that vid, you'll really discover an amazing world of drummers with freakish technique and showmanship. I've been trying to get a real doli...check out the clear one this gal is playing in this video:
youtube.com/watch
And here's another wicked group Called "Nalmes":
youtube.com/watchv=Pn_PKjt_rOo
And some on-fire pyrotechnics:
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 1:39 PMBy the way, SHARHATIN are one of the best and well-known of this style; I saw a performance on Turkish tv when I was staying there, and I have two tapes of their drumming.
I've been aching to see more...YOUTUBE icin Allah $ukur!
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Tue, April 29, 2008 - 3:58 PMSharatin is National Folk Ensemble of Abhazia. Abhazia is indeed located in the Caucasus range, but it is not part of Turkey. Caucasus range is home to many ethnicities: Georgian, Armenian, Azeri, Abhazi, Ingusheti, Dagestani and many more. Nalmes ensemble is from Adygeya.
The cylindrical drum is called doli in Georgia, dhol in Armenia, nagara in Azerbaijan, and doul in Adygeya, Ingushetiya and other regions in Caucasus.
In the video clip below you could see a doul workshop of a master from Derbent (Dagestan). The narration and the article are in Russian but you could still have a glimpse at the drum making.
news.ntv.ru/106050/
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Wed, April 30, 2008 - 2:04 PMThat's great! I just assumed they were Turkish; the cassettes that I have are written in Turkish and I saw them on the tv there. Those guys are awesome! The chops are so incredible. I hope to see them somedayI I'm planning a trip to the region to study Doli; I play sometimes for Turkish dancers who do these various dances. Very exciting, but the one that I'm using is old and hasn't a good sound. Thanks for the info! There are too many ethnic groups in those areas; I wish I could know them all...so nice. -
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Fri, May 2, 2008 - 12:19 PMAhhhh...abhaz. Duh, I get it. There are Ahazis in Turkey; I should have figured that there might be at least a repulic where they came from! Thanks again!
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