Re: yemenite instruments

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

As to the tab'l (described in Helen's article as 'a cylindrical double
headed drum') Habreira Hativit (led by (Yemenite?) Shlomo Bar) appeared at a
local Yom Ha'atzmaut celebration a few weeks ago. He had a second
percussionist with him & I'm pretty sure she was playing a dhol- any of you
drum heads out there know the difference between a dhol and a tab'l? Or are
they basically the same?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Helen Winkler" <winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: yemenite instruments


> This article says that tin cans were used and so was the.
>  tab'l
>
> Helen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex J. Lubet" <lubet001 (at) umn(dot)edu>
> To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 5:15 PM
> Subject: Re: yemenite instruments
>
>
> > My recollection is that the Yemenites play mostly or exclusively on
found
> > objects, like oil drums, which I suspect they would interpret as kosher
in
> the
> > way that real i "instruments" aren't.
> >
> > Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
> >
> > > So that means percussion is not an instrument (halachically- for the
> > > Yemenites)?
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Helen Winkler" <winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com>
> > > To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 9:58 PM
> > > Subject: Re: yemenite instruments
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The article I have mentions the destruction of the temple as the
> religious
> > > > reason for not allowing instrumental music and quotes several
Yemenite
> > > Jews
> > > > who made this statement.  However it also says that even Muslims
were
> not
> > > > permitted to play musical instruments unless they were part of the
> Inman's
> > > > military band.  People still played music secretly.  I have scanned
> the
> > > > article into pdf format if anyone wants to read it.
> > > > Helen
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Helen Winkler
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> > > > In a message dated 5/14/2003 7:26:14 AM Central Daylight Time,
> > > > winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com writes:
> > > >
> > > >  > Someone was asking whether the use of percussion only by Yemenite
> Jews
> > > > was
> > > >  > due to political persecution or for religious reasons.
> > > >
> > > > The Yemenites with whom I lived for a while in Israel told me that
it
> was
> > > > because Jews were not allowed to play musical instruments.  I never
> heard
> > > a
> > > > religious reason.
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