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Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: classical, Western and folk. Most of Persian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia and through adaptation, relations, and trade, in Europe and far regions of Asia.
The tombak (Persian: تمبک), tonbak (تنبک) or zarb (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. [1] It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music.The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso, while the player uses one or more fingers and/or the palm(s) of the hand(s) on the drumhead, often (for a ringing timbre) near the drumhead's edge.
The size of the drum and the type of lacing are variable over a wide range. To change the drum sound, either the lacing is retied at its ends, or a secondary lacing placed across the middle is stretched taut. As with the bass drum, modern metal-bodied drums have clamping rings that are adjusted with clamping screws.
Daf (Persian: دف), also known as dâyere and riq, is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) [1] frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan , Azerbaijan , Tajikistan , Iran , Uzbekistan , many regions of Georgia , Armenia , Pakistan as well as in parts of India [ 2 ...
The naqareh, naqqāra, nagara or nagada is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs. It is thus a membranophone of the kettle drum variety. The term naqqāra ( نقاره ), also نقارات naqqarat , naqqarah , naqqåre , nakkare , nagora comes from the Arabic verb naqr- that means "to strike, beat".
A dohol (Persian: دهل) is a large cylindrical drum with two skinheads. It is generally struck on one side with a wooden stick bowed at the end, and with a large thin stick on the other side, though it is also played with the bare hands. It is the principal accompaniment for the Sorna.
The major musical instruments used in the Bandari style include the nei anban (a bagpipe instrument made of goat's skin), [2] the tombak (a percussion instrument made of animal skin and the wood of the walnut tree), [2] the daf (a percussion instrument made of animal skin and a wooden frame like the head of a drum, with jingles on the rim, similar to the tambourine), and the darbuka (a ...
Camel drums in Cairo. The instrument was a pair of drums, made of clay, wood or metal in the form of a hemispherical kettle, with skin stretched over the mouth. Kus was played with drumsticks of leather or wood (The leather drumstick was called Daval). Kus usually was carried on horseback, camelback or elephant during war to encourage the army.