Good video One thing that has helped me a lot. I play darbuka and djembe. Is to soak my hands in a hot salt bath and moisturize them a lot. Also giving time for certain pains to heal instead of trying to push through the pain.
Hi! Did you ever get inflammation in the first finger joint on any of fingers? I developed this on ring/index of both hands cuz I think I hit rim a lot because the fleshy part of finger tips aims to hit 2 cm from rim for max clarity of sound, making the 1st finger joint to land directly over the metal edge/rom of the drum (2/3 cm from the tip is the 1st joint). My motivation for hand drums was to maintain hand and finger health - yet it seems I do a lot of damage to joints. Do you ever inflame your finger joints because of vigorous loud playing? How do you deal with it?
Hi, you have mentioned hitting the rim with the first finger joint. Been practicing on a GEF metal darbuka during last 6 months (selftaught from RUclips) and over time I have developed some kind of inflammation in the last finger joints of ring and index fingers on the left and index on the right hand... Whipping relaxed fingers at high speed towards the plastic head over a metal rim is still hitting the bones somehow. I try to hit closer to the rim for the Ka's and Tek's for clear sound it takes a toll on my joints, because when the fleshy tip hits the drum head 2 cm from the rim - the 1st finger joint naturally bangs directly across the metal rim edge. I managed to produce decently clear Teks and Kas with dooms and crisp slaps (had some pains in all 4 fingertips when I developed slaps techique, but it healed), even achieved some split hand Ka's with left hand index and ring fingers. But after I started to build up speed the pain became to occur more frequently. I know ppl might say it can be poor technique, but I made sure to follow instructions best to my ability and the sound I get seems good to my ears.I think I need to take a long break to heal my joints and now I wonder if darbuka playing is something that one can do for many years at all. Just bought my second GEF drum as well.. This pain/inflammation in fingers used to go away in 2-3 days, but now I have it for weeks.
1. May be you Hit too Hard 2. maybe your drum is Tuner to high or to low so the Skin is Not flush with the rim. 3. everyone has different Body… my Fingers for example can bot take to Play Conga for more than two weeks of dayli serious playing just because the are grown in a way which makes a Part of the joint Injuried in a way weich can bot recover quick enough make me Play Conga for Long time… it’s just May Body… I strongly recommend to take one or two lessons with a pro. I know somebody ;)
Hi Simon, great to come back to one of your videos. Do you have anything to say about leg pain? I have one of those heavy El Fan pearly on my lap. Any advise? Or should I just address a medical professional ;)
Good video
One thing that has helped me a lot. I play darbuka and djembe. Is to soak my hands in a hot salt bath and moisturize them a lot. Also giving time for certain pains to heal instead of trying to push through the pain.
Hi! Did you ever get inflammation in the first finger joint on any of fingers? I developed this on ring/index of both hands cuz I think I hit rim a lot because the fleshy part of finger tips aims to hit 2 cm from rim for max clarity of sound, making the 1st finger joint to land directly over the metal edge/rom of the drum (2/3 cm from the tip is the 1st joint). My motivation for hand drums was to maintain hand and finger health - yet it seems I do a lot of damage to joints. Do you ever inflame your finger joints because of vigorous loud playing? How do you deal with it?
Hi, you have mentioned hitting the rim with the first finger joint. Been practicing on a GEF metal darbuka during last 6 months (selftaught from RUclips) and over time I have developed some kind of inflammation in the last finger joints of ring and index fingers on the left and index on the right hand... Whipping relaxed fingers at high speed towards the plastic head over a metal rim is still hitting the bones somehow. I try to hit closer to the rim for the Ka's and Tek's for clear sound it takes a toll on my joints, because when the fleshy tip hits the drum head 2 cm from the rim - the 1st finger joint naturally bangs directly across the metal rim edge. I managed to produce decently clear Teks and Kas with dooms and crisp slaps (had some pains in all 4 fingertips when I developed slaps techique, but it healed), even achieved some split hand Ka's with left hand index and ring fingers. But after I started to build up speed the pain became to occur more frequently. I know ppl might say it can be poor technique, but I made sure to follow instructions best to my ability and the sound I get seems good to my ears.I think I need to take a long break to heal my joints and now I wonder if darbuka playing is something that one can do for many years at all. Just bought my second GEF drum as well.. This pain/inflammation in fingers used to go away in 2-3 days, but now I have it for weeks.
1. May be you Hit too Hard
2. maybe your drum is Tuner to high or to low so the Skin is Not flush with the rim.
3. everyone has different Body… my Fingers for example can bot take to Play Conga for more than two weeks of dayli serious playing just because the are grown in a way which makes a Part of the joint Injuried in a way weich can bot recover quick enough make me Play Conga for Long time… it’s just May Body…
I strongly recommend to take one or two lessons with a pro.
I know somebody ;)
Hi Simon, great to come back to one of your videos.
Do you have anything to say about leg pain?
I have one of those heavy El Fan pearly on my lap.
Any advise? Or should I just address a medical professional ;)
thank you!