I was thinking of acquiring a Lambeg drum (maybe second hand from a LOL) to use at the local session. Any advice on acquiring AND playing it with subtle and steady rhythm?
Joe, what about making your own? You could use two hula-hoops for the framing as it were and use torn apart gold leotards stretched over as the skins. Beat the thing with one of the go-go boots. Call it a Hula Lambeg.
Okay, okay. i get the message. maybe ye don't agree with a lambeg at a session. Tell ye what, so; i have noticed that with the modern advances in radar and navigational aids that the old ship's foghorn has largely fallen into disuse. Anyone know where I could get a cheapish second-hand foghorn? can I come to your session and play it , please?
where I live we are twinned with a town in Brittany and on their visits the musicians regularly play, I think they're called, Bombards, a type of very loud thing, would blow your eardrums. Now Joe you could try that!
Joe, I think Molly would appreciate a comma in your last post, as in: "Have done, Molly." Unless of course she herself is a bombard (I had a girlfriend once who blew my eardrums, but that's another story).
Well I know your joking, Joe, but one of the ex-session people kept upgrading her bodhran, each new one being bigger, deeper and *louder*, and we reckoned it was only a matter of time before a Lambeg drum appeared!
Well I know you're joking, Joe, but one of the ex-session people kept upgrading her bodhran, each new one being bigger, deeper and *louder*, and we reckoned it was only a matter of time before a Lambeg drum appeared!
Jim
# Posted on Thursday, July 15th 2004 by Jim Dorans
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Ye're right o' course, Will. Have done comma Molly. Is that better?
Jim, have you ever seen those yokes they played at the original Riverdance? Like little lambegs.
In keeping with Jim's ever expanding Bodhran, you could always do what a fella in a band from down the road here did... Take a drum kit floor tom, cut the thing in half, tip it on it's side and call it a bodhran. He used a small chunk of firewood to beat it, and he had no trouble making himslef heard over his electric, amplified band.
I watched in a horrified, yet intrigued fascination. I kept thinking "I'd never... well... no, I couldn't...could I?"
Joe, you could also expand your list of "experimental" percussives with an air power mate. You'll want to be very close to the door with that, but it would be cheaper than the foghorn...
Percussion LOL
Percussion LOL
I was thinking of acquiring a Lambeg drum (maybe second hand from a LOL) to use at the local session. Any advice on acquiring AND playing it with subtle and steady rhythm?
Joe
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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Joe
whats a LOL? Little old lady? Now that the 12th is over there may be a few redundant Lambegs lying around, I'll enquite from my Orange friends.
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by MollyB
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Ta Molly. D'ye tink I might wangle an invite to a LOL for lessons on batin' it?
Joe
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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Yeah, come on Joe, I did a thread last week asking exactly what a LOL was, and don't remember reading about little old ladies.
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by petemay
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Joe, what about making your own? You could use two hula-hoops for the framing as it were and use torn apart gold leotards stretched over as the skins. Beat the thing with one of the go-go boots. Call it a Hula Lambeg.
LOL- "Loony ole Lad"
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Agnes Nutter
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lol @ "langers of lambeg"
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Murrough
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Jim, Good idea for the name; "Mighty Lambeggers". Attach tin cups for coins. Avoid the potential embarrassment of the dollar bills in to a waistband.
Joe, perhpas not subtle, but the go-go boots have built in rhythm. One out 2 isn't too bad.
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Agnes Nutter
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the lambeg lambasters, mayhaps?
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by TxCelt
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Lambaster's o' Lombegs, I meant... The LOL's
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by TxCelt
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Joe, the lambeg is not so much a percussion instrument.. more a persecution instrument.
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by milesnagopaleen
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Okay, okay. i get the message. maybe ye don't agree with a lambeg at a session. Tell ye what, so; i have noticed that with the modern advances in radar and navigational aids that the old ship's foghorn has largely fallen into disuse. Anyone know where I could get a cheapish second-hand foghorn? can I come to your session and play it , please?
Joe (-:
# Posted on July 13th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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leg of lamb
lots of lager
little or large
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Cath
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Joe....never change, okay? *grin*
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Zina Lee
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where I live we are twinned with a town in Brittany and on their visits the musicians regularly play, I think they're called, Bombards, a type of very loud thing, would blow your eardrums. Now Joe you could try that!
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by MollyB
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Won't, Zina. Have done Molly. Great sound 'tis like playing the chanter without the rest of the pipes.
Joe the unchanging
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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Joe, I think Molly would appreciate a comma in your last post, as in: "Have done, Molly." Unless of course she herself is a bombard (I had a girlfriend once who blew my eardrums, but that's another story).
Was I leaving?
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Will Harmon
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Out the door Will!
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by MollyB
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Well I know your joking, Joe, but one of the ex-session people kept upgrading her bodhran, each new one being bigger, deeper and *louder*, and we reckoned it was only a matter of time before a Lambeg drum appeared!
Jim
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Worldfiddler
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Well I know you're joking, Joe, but one of the ex-session people kept upgrading her bodhran, each new one being bigger, deeper and *louder*, and we reckoned it was only a matter of time before a Lambeg drum appeared!
Jim
# Posted on Thursday, July 15th 2004 by Jim Dorans
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# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Worldfiddler
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..oops.... got a bit silly with the cut and paste....
Jim
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Worldfiddler
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Ye're right o' course, Will. Have done comma Molly. Is that better?
Jim, have you ever seen those yokes they played at the original Riverdance? Like little lambegs.
Joe
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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Come to think on it, Zina. I do actually change; that's usually after my monthly ablutions (whether I need to or not).
Hummm
Joe
# Posted on July 14th 2004 by Joe Quinn
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In keeping with Jim's ever expanding Bodhran, you could always do what a fella in a band from down the road here did... Take a drum kit floor tom, cut the thing in half, tip it on it's side and call it a bodhran. He used a small chunk of firewood to beat it, and he had no trouble making himslef heard over his electric, amplified band.
I watched in a horrified, yet intrigued fascination. I kept thinking "I'd never... well... no, I couldn't...could I?"
J.
# Posted on July 15th 2004 by TxCelt
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Joe, you could also expand your list of "experimental" percussives with an air power mate. You'll want to be very close to the door with that, but it would be cheaper than the foghorn...
# Posted on July 15th 2004 by Agnes Nutter
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I have recently acquired a 10 foot Chinese gong. Must try it with the tipper.
Joe
# Posted on July 15th 2004 by Joe Quinn