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The goblet drum (also chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, darabuka, derbake, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, toumperleki, tumbak, or zerbaghali; [ 1 ] Egyptian Arabic: دربوكة / Romanized: darbuka) is a single-head membranophone with a goblet -shaped body. [ 2 ] It is most commonly used in the traditional music of Egypt ...
Baladi (Arabic: بلدي baladī; relative -adjective 'of town', 'local', 'rural', comparable to English folk, with a lower-class connotation) can refer to an Egyptian musical style, the folk style of Egyptian bellydance (Raqs Baladi), or the Masmoudi Sogheir rhythm, which is frequently used in baladi music. It is also sometimes spelled in ...
Dumbek rhythms. Dumbek rhythms are a collection of rhythms that are usually played with hand drums such as the dumbek. [1] These rhythms are various combinations of these three basic sounds: Doom (D), produced with the dominant hand striking the sweet spot of the skin. Tak (T), produced with the recessive hand striking the rim.
Belly dance has been in evidence in the UK since the early 1960s. During the 1970s and 1980s, there was a thriving Arabic club scene in London, with live Arabic music and belly dancing a regular feature, [51] but the last of these closed in the early 1990s. [52]
The term "Arabic dance" is often associated with belly dancing. [3] However, there are many styles of traditional Arab dance [4] and many of them have a long history. [5] These may be folk dances, or dances that were once performed as rituals or as entertainment spectacle, and some may have been performed in the imperial court. [6]
Dabke (Arabic: دبكة also spelled dabka, dabki, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) [1] is a Levantine folk dance, [2][3] particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities. [4] Dabke combines circle dance and line dancing and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions.
In Arabic music, a mizmār (Arabic: مزمار ; plural مَزَامِير mazāmīr) is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt, the term mizmar usually refers to the conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey and Armenia. Mizmar is also a term used for a group of musicians, usually a duo or trio, that play a mizmar instrument ...
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.