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TOMMY'S TARBUKAS. Scottish, Reel (whole time). G Minor. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Composed by Scottish fiddler Alasdair Fraser in honor of Tommy Hayes, an Irish bodhran player. Tarbukas are a set of small drums similar to bongo drums, sometimes spelled ‘darbukas’ or ‘dharboukas’.

Additional notes

Printed sources : - Fiddler Magazine vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 1996; p. 16. Songer (Portland Collection), 1997; p. 197.

Recorded sources : - Sona Gaia/Narada, Alasdair Fraser & Paul Machlis - "The Road North" (1989). Green Linnet SIF 3099, Sharon Shannon – “Out the Gap.”

See also listing at :
Alan Snyder's Cape Breton Fiddle Recordings Index [1]

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