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August 17

name these instruments

In this cover of the Grateful Dead's "Ripple", can you tell me what specific instruments are played by

(0:11) Roberto Luti – a guitar with some odd features, maybe akin to a Dobro?
(0:57) Elyasaf Bashari – a large lute
(1:56) Luciano Diamiani – a small lute
(2:11) Anala Abdel Halik – a large drum
(2:18) Mohammed Alidu – a small drum, apparently tuned by squeezing
(3:04) David Herrero – a middle-sized lute

? (Please don't bite me if I use the word 'lute' too loosely.) —Tamfang (talk) 06:33, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The first one is a resonator guitar. The second one is an oud. --Viennese Waltz 07:36, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And specifically Luti's guitar is a "metal bodied vintage National guitar" - I think it's a National duolian. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 00:14, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Although in this interview he says his father had a Duolian, and he has a 1931 National Triolian. I won't pretend I can tell the difference between the two. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 00:26, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And now I know why the Mississippi Delta shines like a National guitar. —Tamfang (talk) 04:17, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Damiani's "small lute" is a mandolin. Herrero's "middle-sized lute" is a saz or bağlama. I'll try the drums a bit later if no one else has yet by then. Contact Basemetal here 10:29, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, for Herrero here is a picture of him playing the same instrument, which describes it explicitly as a bağlama (the "Ripple" project's website just generically calls it a "lute"). In this video (from the same trip to Turkey) shows Herrero playing with "baglama master Aytaç Karausta" (perhaps when Herrero bought the baglama). It's not something you'd typically find in the music room of the average Dominican-Floridian bluesman, after all. -- Finlay McWalter··–·Talk 23:57, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Anala Abdel Halik's drum is either a Conga or a Makuta. Mohammed Alidu's drum is a talking drum. --Jayron 32 10:35, 17 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks all! —Tamfang (talk) 04:17, 18 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]