Charles Amirkhanian: Dumbek Bookache
Dumbek Bookache
voice #1 voice #2
tumble 1
1 2
2 terrible
tumble 1
1 2
2 gamble
whiskey 1
1 terrible
tumble 1
gamble
whiskey 1
1 tenable
tunable 1
1 2
RHUMBA, RHUMBA,
DUMBEK, DUMBEK,
RHUMBA, RHUMBA,
DUMBEK, DUMBEK,
tumble 1
1 2
tumble tumble
1 1
tumble 2
1 terrible
tumble , tum
tum , tum
tadadum tadadum
tuck 1
1 bank
tumble 1
1 2
2 terrible
tumble 1
1 2
tumble 3
1 4
gamble 5
1 whiskey
2 Wasco
terrible 1
tumble 2
1 3
humble 4
1 5
2, hambone,
hambone, hambone,
1 1
2 2
gamble gamble
1 damper
gamble gamble
1 damper
gamble gamble
1 damper
Daedalus Daedalus
gamble 1
damper gamble
gamble damper
damper gamble
gambling damper
damper gambling
1 damper
Daedalus , Daedal
Deadalus us Daedal
Daedalus us Daedal
ah-ha ah-ha
ah-ha ah-ha
Bach 1
1 2
2 Reebok
3 Reebok
4 1
Bach 2
1, , Reebok
2, Reebok,
Bach, 1,
1 2
Bach, Reebok,
Bach 1
1 2
Bach, 3,
Bach, 4,
, Bach Bach,
Bach Bach
1 1
Bach, 2,
Bach, 3,
, Bach Bach,
, Bach Bach,
Bach Bach
1 1
book Bach
Bach bake
back Bach
ache, ache,
1 book
2 Back
Bach 1
ache, 2,
Adelaide Adelaide
1 1
Adelaide , Adel
Adelaide aide Adel
Adelaide aide Adel
Adelaide Adelaide
1 1
whiskey Wasco
Wasco whiskey
whiskey Wasco
Wasco whiskey
1 1
Tonga 2
1 bongo
2 1
Tonga 2
1 bongo
2 1
Tonga bongo
Tonga bongo
bongo, Tonga,
bongo, Tonga,
Tonga bongo
bongo 1
1 2
2, bongo,
bongo, 1,
1 Tonga
2 bongo
bongo, 1,
1, bongo,
Tonga 1
bongo 2
1, bongo,
Geelong, 1,
1, Geelong,
Geelong, , bongo
gone 1
1 2
2 3
3 4
MILKTOAST 5
1 bottleneck
saddlebag 1
MILKTOAST 2
1 bottleneck
saddlebag 1
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
1 bottleneck
Samarkand 1
Saddlebag saddlebag
MILKTOAST 1
1 bottleneck
Samarkand 1
Saddlebag 2
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
1 bottleneck
2 butternut
3 saddlebag
Samarkand Samarkand
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
1 bottleneck
2 butternut
3 saddlebag
Samarkand Samarkand
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
1 bottleneck
2 butternut
battlefield 1
1 saddlebag
Samarkand Samarkand
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
1 bottleneck
2 butternut
battle-call 1
1 butterball
subtly-all 1
1 Samarkand
saddlebag 1
sudden-gall 2
1 subtly-all
butterball 1
1 battle-call
butternut 1
bottleneck 2
milktoast , milk
milktoast toast-milk
, milk milktoast
toast-milk, milktoast,
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
Bottleneck bottleneck
Butternut butternut
Samarkand, Samarkand,
Milk , neck
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
Bottleneck butterball
battle-call battle-call
saddlebag, saddlebag,
milk , nut
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
Butterfield Butterfield
Butterball buttterball
Basketball basketball
battle-call, battle-call,
1 roast
boast 1
milk , but
MILKTOAST MILKTOAST
, butter butterball
field-butter battle-call
call-basket basketball
bought-it-all bought-it-all
1 1
roast roast
boast boast
1 1
lickety-split lickety-split
RHUMBA, RHUMBA,
DUMBEK, DUMBEK,
RHUMBA, RHUMBA,
DUMBEK, DUMBEK,
RHUMBA, RHUMBA,
DUMBEK, DUMBEK,
Geelong, 1,
1, Geelong,
Geelongo , bongo
gone gone
1 1
RHUMBA RHUMBA
DUMBEK DUMBEK
PERFORMANCE NOTES: roll the “R” of Rhumba. First syllable to rhyme with “room.” Words in capital letters spoken louder than others. Geelong, the Australian town, is pronounced juh-LONG. Wasco, a town in California, is pronounced “WAHS-koh”. Each line is given one quarter note value. One-syllable words = one quarter note. Two-syllable words are given two equal 8th-note values. Three-syllable words are given two 16th notes + one 8th. A comma adds an 8th-note rest to the quarter-note line, making it a 3/8 line. Four-syllable lines = three 16ths followed by an 8th. Tape version of Dumbek Bookache IV contains recordings of the voices of American presidents Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding & Calvin Coolidge.
