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Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 10:38:09 -0500
To: Russell Gilman-Hunt <conchobar@rocketmail.com>, minstrel@rt.com
From: Rex Deaver <rdeaver@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: minstrel: 2 questions...
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At 02:33 PM 10/3/98 -0700, Russell Gilman-Hunt wrote:

>Another question... I read somewhere that the Bodhran has something
>like four main "beats;"and this corresponded to "ba-DUM," "BA-dum",
>etc.  

Not sure I would say it that way.  There is the single beat, the strum
beat, and the triplet.  Then there is a whole range of tonal variations.
Add in the rimshot ( which I don't :-) and I think it is way more than four.  

Perhaps you are thinking of dumbek?  Even there I think there is more range
than that, but someone more experienced with dumbek would have to answer that.

Mathurin

--
"Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune."
	 -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)


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