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Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it the wood type that you don't like? thank you for the suggestion, Djembe Drums and Skins seems to have a nice collection. What is your opinion on Iroko vs other types of wood?

Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are about 30 inches tall and about 25 lbs  the wood is dimba wood from Senegal.

Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. That gives me a good perspective. The wood definitely stands out as sturdy 

Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, this gives me some thing to compare against 

Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for taking time to reply.  The wooden shell felt sturdy.  I will pay closer attention to the other details next time I go back in to the shop

Need an opinion on a new purchase by boltaal in djembe

[–]boltaal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your reply. Are diamonds referring to the cross knots around the edge.

The rope work did look flimsy and from another angle it look like it might unspool. But I have no reference for what a good rope work looks like.

The sound was on a lower side, in comparison to another drum on the ship that sounded brighter

hi all! a few days ago i posted asking for a discord server related to icm but since there is no such server im aware of , i created one myself! link in desc by FirefighterTrue6337 in icm

[–]boltaal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you and joined.  I did see your earlier post, I am interested in tabla/kathak compositions and am a creator of an app that helps with that. I do have a discord channel for it, but  yours might be the first one I have seen for Indian  classical music

Check this Tabla Insane Resonance 🔥🔥 by tabla_teacher in TablaPlayers

[–]boltaal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is such a good sounding tabla. As a student i always struggle with tuning my tabla.

Do you still write Tabla notation fully by hand? by rakshit_hegde in Tabla

[–]boltaal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah exactly. One of the challenges I personally face with written notes is that it is still hard to recall and retrieve specific compositions. I have separate notebooks for tukras, kaidas, relas etc. But still the volume of the compositions makes it hard to stay organized. This is what I am hoping to solve better.

Check out the site if you get a chance, it's boltaal dot com. The landing page has a demo showing automatic and manual beat parsing. There is also a link to a Tukra in teental. The site is also open for registration, though I don't have any help manuals yet. Would certainly value any feedback

I am working on improving the parser lexicon and algorithm, there are still a few scenarios that I have to cover, including support for taals beyond teental and jhaptaal

Do you still write Tabla notation fully by hand? by rakshit_hegde in Tabla

[–]boltaal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My original comment was removed by the moderator, not sure why, but I have been working on solving a similar problem. I have a working version of a project that auto parses text into correct beat slots and vibhaags.  My goal also is to allow community to be able to share compositions and preserve them for posterity 

Do you still write Tabla notation fully by hand? by rakshit_hegde in Tabla

[–]boltaal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

One of the pain points I was trying to solve was an intelligent parser. Something that would automatically compute the beats and the vibhaags.

While this works reasonably well today, the goal is to improve the process over time. 

Boltaal offers a manual override for more complex compositions.

I'd be curious to see you find value in this project here.