Meu Atabaque (part4 of 4)- making an african drum - capoeira

[iuna74]

Thank you very much from Japao.

I will make one.

Viva Capoeira Angola.

[mattbrowny]

Hey Yan,

I just got done watching all 4 parts of your atabaque documentary, and was wondering if you've posted instructions somewhere online? I'd love to make one similar to yours and having the instructions typed up would be awesome. Or if there's other instructions online? Thanks in advance for your response!

Axé

[fernado2005b]

really good man... you nailed the first time.. I made mine also socked in water and fire but seemswasnt enough and water crack too but fix like you thanks to tyour video going to second one now bigger on I play condombethas original from uruguay is play different countries now but it born in uruguay slaves took came up this but not the same what usec to play in africa

[0roxa]

cool video, if you want to be sure it wont crack you should try to steem it, of course its a bit more work but you wont need the irons around anymore. and dont forget to share love around.

[reyogunhe]

hola,kedo lindo el atabake,pero el cuero que usaste no sirve para percusion,tiene que cuero de potro o algo por el estilo,como el que se usa para congas,el sonido va a ser diferente y mas potente x asi decirlo y deberias usar doble aro para la tension,asi no se lastima el cuero y dura mas,un sistema semejante al que se usa en los djembe,good lock,friend!!

[FloweringElbow]

Fantastic! are you plans available anywhere - do you have a website or blog or anything - a scan of those dimensions sure would be useful!

Great work!

[gnasman]

Congrats man, i'm from brazil and starting classes of african drums. I would like to know the name of that udu/ibo drum music that you play in video 2/4. Thanks a lot. I'm vary happy to see afro/brazilian culture around the world.

[108OneOhEight]

i know i'm gonna get a lot of shit for saying this, but i honestly don't think it's worth the labor. atabaques are so primitive. i've never heard one that sounds as good as an easy to come by budget price conga drum with actual lugs, a rim and professionally made skin.

[jigglestumps]

You've obviously never had one made by Mestre Peixinho then. You probably will get a lot of stick for saying this but I can see what you're saying... However, when you get a well made Atabaque and a traditional African made Djembe in a room I'll always go for the Atabaque nowadays. You have to know how to play them well to understand their uniqeness. They're completely different instruments. Just Youtube "Atabaque" and see for yourself (first result).

Take't easy

[tabxmaux]

This is by far the most useful documentary on drum making I have seen in a long time.

Thanks a lot. Hopefully other capoeiristas will pick it up.

Axe!

[vampirorasta]

Increible, felicidades, por el esfuerzo la paciencia y el carinho hacia este instrumento Nota 10 +!!!

[AipoKrakowADG]

Great!

[Muzenzaitalia]

Irmao legal mesmo paranbens pela iniciativa Bode veio grupo muzenza italia ...axè

[vegas2kc]

very cool documentary, thanks.

[derbeno]

Truly a labour of Love. Well done!

[jaybullen]

This was a good documentary!

[coelhonegro]

Valeu meu Camara. Seu atabaque e Valeu

[seisporocho]

hey yansky! thanks for the video. Not enough of this anywhere. It's incredible to see how long it takes to make just one drum! Congrats on the many days of hard work... Suggestion: try wetting (damping) the wood before forcing it into shape!!!

Thanks again!

[tincode]

wow. good job. you worked really hard on that thing...it was nice.

[davidsimper]

Good stuff and great hand tool use. If you're going into production try a band saw for all those bevel cuts (my favourite ever power tool). Nice to know that it's not only me that has cracking wood and other problems, and you get out of it really well.

[akumarasta]

camarada que da vida atabaque

utilice flama para doblar a madeira previamente humectada con agua

asi nao explota a madeira

[akumarasta]

saio bom de mais seu atabaque

eu = fico no tempo libre de fazer atabaque e outros

para q nao explote a madeira, aplique flama para coser a madeira previamente humectada con agua

boa surte camarada

add me favoritos

[octopusenvy]

bom bom bom jesus. que lindo seu atabaque! And for those overseas, it sounds mean!! and go the CUT CHEMIST bro! Honestly its taken me some time to get here, but so glad i arrived. I dunno what to commend more, the drive, the craftsmanship, the audio, or the video...tudo bem meu amigo, tudo bem. Luv the pegs undropping....the commander approves and salutes!

[attilaokada]

É, a pele de animal tem um som bem melhor. Interessante o seu jeito de tensionar as cordas com estes pedaços de madeira. O mais comum é tensionar somente com as cordas ou usar parafusos.

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Yes, the animal skin souns mutch better.

you have a diferent way to tension the skin with wood blocks, interesting. more common is to tension only with the rope or with screws.

Thanks for sharing!

Congratulations again!

[va1van]

wooooww excellent thank you so much to teach this to us it is really good greetings from Mexico

[misshapenfeatures]

Ha! the suitcase and Animal - great cameo