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Anouar Brahem and Mehdi Haddab rishas?

luan - 10-28-2012 at 09:07 PM

Does anybody know what rishas does those two awesome players use?
Or what kind of rishas any other great player uses, just to know : )

Another question: I have cow horn and turtle rishas, but I get a scratchy sound when I play with them on the wound strings. How can I avoid that?

Thanks a lot!!

juju - 10-29-2012 at 04:33 AM

Hi,
Anouar Brahem uses soft plastic rishas ... the shape of his rishas is close to the "pyramid" ones.
Best,
Juju.

luan - 10-30-2012 at 01:15 PM

He does he gets them?

Thanks!

Marcus - 10-31-2012 at 02:53 AM

Hi luan :wavey:

have you ever tried to make a risha yourself?
I usually play with horn rishas, because I need to play loud, mostly.
If there is no need to be loud, I prefer either pyramids or my "homemade" ones.
When I was searching for the right one for me, no shampoo bottle was trown away before I cut out a piece for a risha.The result is, that I have lots of rishis which produce many different sounds, and a few of them are nearly perfect.

Try it out!!

Best, Marcus

bulerias1981 - 10-31-2012 at 10:50 AM

Please see this thread http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=13446