New Bows https://youtu.be/UUrhINANaDw video My favorite bows use "salt and pepper" hair - a combination of the usual light hair, and thicker dark, almost black, hair. I've used a salt and pepper bow on and off for years, but never one with enough bite to work well with sarangi or Bedouin rababa. Thanks to Morganeve Swain, of the amazing Huntress and Holder of Hands band here in Rhode Island, I've had two bows rehaired on order, with amazing bite. The first part of the music is on the one string rababa - the string is thick and played by pressing with the left hand fingers, bowing with the right. The rababa is incredibly ancient - one of the oldest string instruments in the world. It sounds surprisingly like a cello. The second part is sarangi yet again. For both I used a short bow; I'll move to the longer in time. See the photographs. I'm working through my own musics here, love the feeling of playing with the instruments as somewhat ruly/unruly partners. Hope you enjoy the results. (Reverberation added; otherwise the sound is far too dry in our apartment.) ___ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
