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Goblet drum

The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, tabla, or zerbaghali; Arabic: دربوكة / Romanized: darbuka) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet-shaped body. It is most commonly used in the traditional music of North Africa the Middle East and the…

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Classification
Hand percussion, membranophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
211.26
Other names
Chalice drum, tarabuka (tarambuka), tarabaki, darbuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, dumbul, toumperleki (tumberleki), tumbak, zerbaghali

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Technique

Use in Western classical music

Notable goblet drum musicians

Gallery

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Goblet drum

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Goblet drum

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related to Gallery · 13
Goblet drum → African, Athens, Cambodian, Egyptian, Ethnomusicology, Greece, In Plaka, Khmer, Museum, Persian, Popular Instruments, Research Centre, This
related to Use in Western classical music · 13
Goblet drum → Act IV, Dance, Egyptian-American, Fantasia-Tahmeel, French, Halim El-Dabh, Hector Berlioz, Leopold Stokowski, Les Troyens, New York City, Nubian Slaves, The, Western
related to history · 11
Goblet drum → Ancient Egyptian, Babylonia, BCE, Darbuka, Egyptian Arabic, Goblet, Mesopotamian, On Sulawesi, Sumer, The, They
related to Technique · 11
Goblet drum → Arabic, Darbuka, Egyptian, North-African, Tabla, The, The Eastern, The Egyptian, There, Turkish, West Africa
Classification · 1
Goblet drum → Hand percussion, membranophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification · 1
Goblet drum → 211.26
Other names · 1
Goblet drum → Chalice drum, tarabuka (tarambuka), tarabaki, darbuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, dumbul, toumperleki (tumberleki), tumbak, zerbaghali
is a · 1
Goblet drum → opera Les Troyens

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goblet also drum used hand music darbuka egyptian drums head sound called djembe arabic membranophone played known tabla west traditional

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Goblet drumClassificationHand percussion, membranophone1.00infobox
Goblet drumHornbostel–Sachs classification211.261.00infobox
Goblet drumOther namesChalice drum, tarabuka (tarambuka), tarabaki, darbuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, dumbul, toumperleki (tumberleki), tumbak, zerbaghali1.00infobox
Goblet drumis aopera Les Troyens0.90text
the djembeinstance ofwith a much lighter touch and quite different strokes to hand drums0.80text
found in West Africainstance ofwith a much lighter touch and quite different strokes to hand drums0.80text
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryCambodian0.60section
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryThis0.60section
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryKhmer0.60section
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryEgyptian0.60section
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryPersian0.60section
Goblet drumrelated to GalleryAfrican0.60section

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