the left hand, the baya, is the bass drum. skin is held on by use of this camel strap, and these wooden blocks are put in to increase or decrease tension. the farther down you hit them, the tighter the skin gets, the higher the tone goes. by pushing on the baya, we are able to get different tones and modulate the tones. [thumping sounds ranging from low to high pitch] strike it with the first two fingers for what they call the open sound. and for the closed sound, it's a flat hand slap. some sounds together would be [imitating drum sound] ta...din. small phrases-- di-di, di-di, da-ga, te-tay, te-di-gi-di, di-gi-di, da. da-ti-gi-ti, dig-in-na, da. [ensemble plays accented by the tabla] it's a very difficult instrument to master, and i still haven't mastered it. i'm an artist and i'm a performer, a professional musician, but my basic view is that i'm studying it. i'm learning as i go, and i feel i have a lot to learn. [traditional arabic music played on an oud] (shaheen) the oud is actually the most prominent instrument in arabi

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coming up at 6:00, there are still gaps in the bay area when it comes to the baya and ebola. what a public health officer admitted. that's coming up in our next report. >> thank you very much. >>> certainly switching gears happening today, pumpkining weighing nearly a ton. >> the 2014 world champion pumpkin weigh off getting underway in an hour. bob, you think we're going to find a new record today? >> we're hoping. last year's record was 1985 pounds. half moon bay has yet to break that mark. the new world record was set yesterday halfway around the world in europe. a swiss man raised a pumpkin that was 2,323. don't think we're going to see this today. maybe we'll see the 2,000 pound mark. gary miller is the defending champion. he had the record so far last year. this is your entry this year and -- >> she's not quite as big. >> you're 100% certain of that? she seems pretty solid. what do you think she's going to weigh in at? >> hopefully 1600, somewhere around in there. >> every year you guys say it's going to be 1600 everyone's surprised when it weighs more. you're not sandb