@kasra20giv1 lol man i write R.I.P as a joke but if you are looking for the word daf its an arabic word for that thing which one he is playing in this video
Our project Rain In Eden uses both natural and synthetic Daf from Iran. The natural skin is wonderful when it is friendly to play. But in Japan it is nearly impossible to trust it for shows due to moisture.
Heating it works, but not consistently. So we are considering the Remo.
Cooperman Framedrums does make a daf but it really isn't a proper daf. It is far too heavy for the most part. Which is one worry we have about buying a Remo. Has anyone who regularly plays daf tried it?
Some of the bodhran guys have made a system for tuning their natural heads, where the frame tightens the skin by pushing into it. Such a system would be very cool for the daf, but no-one seems to have built one unfortunately!
I have both a plastic and a natural daf. I can say that the natural one sounds A LOT better. Trouble is, in the UK, it rains a lot and its cold and I have to sit my daf in front of a heater before I can play. Sometimes, if it's raining, I have to heat the daf up a several times an hour. I've got a plastic one by Habibi and it sounds rubbish compared, but I can take it around with me and not have to worry about the head losing tone.
Look! He is playing a syntactic (i.e. plastic) Daf! And his excuse is that the traditional Daf sounds different under different temperatures; which is true but that is why Daf and Tonbak players warm-up their instruments before playing them!
I am Kurdish myself and Daf and Dohhole (Big Dram) are our traditional instruments and almost every member of my family plays Daf; and I can tell you that a synthetic Daf is like a plastic Kabab!
RE: cow-skin or goat-skin daf is bad for recording ...
1. Can you give me a link to a credible source that can confirm your claim?
By the way, if recording equipment cannot capture the wavelengths that Daf or any other instrument can produce, it is not the fault of the instruments but the fault of the recording instruments!
If you go to a restaurant and they give you a plastic Kabab (just because their kitchen could not make a real Kabab!); would you eat it?
Well, I am an Engineer and I can tell you that plastics do not vibrate as skin does and cannot produce low frequency sounds because they are rigid. If you look at the speakers used in Hi-Fi and sound systems you will find out that they use plastic speakers for twitters (for generating high frequency sounds) and use paper speakers for midrange and woofers.
2. The problem with skin is its susceptivity to humidity (not temperature); i.e. it gets loose and doses not vibrate when it is wet.
Contrary to what you said, Skin is actually less susceptive to temperature than plastics because skin is not a good conductor of heat, and that is why nature has rapped our body in skin rather than plastic!
The "Mansour Demonstrating Rhythms in Egypt" is a good example of the type of sound that plastic instrument generate; i.e. high pitch but no bass.
RE: you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. the problem with skin is that it is susceptable to MOISTURE, which is what makes the skin loose and unable to keep in tune.
Actually that is exactly what I said! You first said skin was susceptivie to tempreture and I corrected you and said it was susceptive to humidity (you call it moisture now but the right technical term is humidity actually)!
RE: it is not practical to keep a fire in a studio
I actually use an electric hair drier! And you do not have to dry the Daf frequently unless you live in a bathroom! And thank God Iran is not a bathroom yet!
There are 1000s of Daf videos on YouTube and the best ones are the one performed with Skin-Daf!
Most instruments are made of wood and string and skin, and they are all susceptive to heat and humidity. Are you suggesting that we should make plastic violins and Tars and Santoors and Kamancheh?
There are 1000s of Daf videos on YouTube and the best ones are the one performed with Skin Daf!
عالی بود
fariborz059 2 months ago
RIP
Ranimunda 3 months ago
@Ranimunda
i guess einstein , newton , edison and beethoven were kurds too
kasra20giv1 2 months ago
@kasra20giv1 what you on about man ?
Ranimunda 1 month ago
@Ranimunda
is it english writtings you tried to write or some mystical message any way i cant get it, what was on your mind?
kasra20giv1 1 month ago
@kasra20giv1 lol man i write R.I.P as a joke but if you are looking for the word daf its an arabic word for that thing which one he is playing in this video
Ranimunda 1 month ago
daf = kurdish
kurdkurd11 3 months ago
Our project Rain In Eden uses both natural and synthetic Daf from Iran. The natural skin is wonderful when it is friendly to play. But in Japan it is nearly impossible to trust it for shows due to moisture.
Heating it works, but not consistently. So we are considering the Remo.
Cooperman Framedrums does make a daf but it really isn't a proper daf. It is far too heavy for the most part. Which is one worry we have about buying a Remo. Has anyone who regularly plays daf tried it?
tkoind 6 months ago
Some of the bodhran guys have made a system for tuning their natural heads, where the frame tightens the skin by pushing into it. Such a system would be very cool for the daf, but no-one seems to have built one unfortunately!
daryush55 6 months ago
I have both a plastic and a natural daf. I can say that the natural one sounds A LOT better. Trouble is, in the UK, it rains a lot and its cold and I have to sit my daf in front of a heater before I can play. Sometimes, if it's raining, I have to heat the daf up a several times an hour. I've got a plastic one by Habibi and it sounds rubbish compared, but I can take it around with me and not have to worry about the head losing tone.
daryush55 6 months ago
It does not sound like the real daf! Sorry! Better luck next time!
Lots of people have tried to improve the Daf but how can you impove something that is perfect?
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
@glorplaxy
Look! He is playing a syntactic (i.e. plastic) Daf! And his excuse is that the traditional Daf sounds different under different temperatures; which is true but that is why Daf and Tonbak players warm-up their instruments before playing them!
I am Kurdish myself and Daf and Dohhole (Big Dram) are our traditional instruments and almost every member of my family plays Daf; and I can tell you that a synthetic Daf is like a plastic Kabab!
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
@glorplaxy
RE: cow-skin or goat-skin daf is bad for recording ...
1. Can you give me a link to a credible source that can confirm your claim?
By the way, if recording equipment cannot capture the wavelengths that Daf or any other instrument can produce, it is not the fault of the instruments but the fault of the recording instruments!
If you go to a restaurant and they give you a plastic Kabab (just because their kitchen could not make a real Kabab!); would you eat it?
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Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
2. When we play the traditional Daf we always keep a Manghal (Charcoal) handy and warm-up and dry the Dafs.
Plastic is rigid and is also subject to temperature and does not produce the same sound that traditional Dafs produce.
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
@glorplaxy
1. RE: Yes, the credible source is SCIENCE ..
Well, I am an Engineer and I can tell you that plastics do not vibrate as skin does and cannot produce low frequency sounds because they are rigid. If you look at the speakers used in Hi-Fi and sound systems you will find out that they use plastic speakers for twitters (for generating high frequency sounds) and use paper speakers for midrange and woofers.
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
2. The problem with skin is its susceptivity to humidity (not temperature); i.e. it gets loose and doses not vibrate when it is wet.
Contrary to what you said, Skin is actually less susceptive to temperature than plastics because skin is not a good conductor of heat, and that is why nature has rapped our body in skin rather than plastic!
The "Mansour Demonstrating Rhythms in Egypt" is a good example of the type of sound that plastic instrument generate; i.e. high pitch but no bass.
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
@glorplaxy
RE: you have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. the problem with skin is that it is susceptable to MOISTURE, which is what makes the skin loose and unable to keep in tune.
Actually that is exactly what I said! You first said skin was susceptivie to tempreture and I corrected you and said it was susceptive to humidity (you call it moisture now but the right technical term is humidity actually)!
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
RE: it is not practical to keep a fire in a studio
I actually use an electric hair drier! And you do not have to dry the Daf frequently unless you live in a bathroom! And thank God Iran is not a bathroom yet!
There are 1000s of Daf videos on YouTube and the best ones are the one performed with Skin-Daf!
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
@glorplaxy;
Most instruments are made of wood and string and skin, and they are all susceptive to heat and humidity. Are you suggesting that we should make plastic violins and Tars and Santoors and Kamancheh?
There are 1000s of Daf videos on YouTube and the best ones are the one performed with Skin Daf!
Salahuddin2009a 1 year ago
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glorplaxy 1 year ago
Pejman the best master ever! Love.
jalyfication 1 year ago
Pejman is an amazing performer and awesome teacher. ..and many women have studied with him!!
WomenFrameDrumming 2 years ago