How to muffle my dhol?

[NeeshDFeesh]

Hey all,

I recently got a dhol and I'm trying to learn how to play it, but I live in an apartment building and obviously the dhol is very loud. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can dampen or muffle the sound so I can practice without disturbing everyone around me? Also, i'm going to be playing it in environmenta where the music won't be very loud (like portable Bluetooth speakers or something) so finding a way to muffle the sound while still sounding OK would be great. I've seen suggestions of putting a pillow case over both ends for example, but I haven't tried that yet. Any other ideas?

Cheers.

 

[Armaan]

so I used to put a regular old t-shirt on top of the treble side. you want to make sure its tight around it though so that you Tilli can still bounce a bit. If you still think its loud, you can add another t-shirt.

Honestly same goes for the bass side... just use a sweatshirt!

 

[NeeshDFeesh]

How did you attach it? I was thinking a big elastic band if I can find one that size.

 

[siddyp]

i used to use a towel. just drape it over

 

[shreeps]

i used to use a towel. just drape it over

Same. I usually have it cover only half of each head so I can still play on the surface of the head. I don't mind hitting the dagga side when it's covered with a towel but I don't like hitting the towel with my tilli.