Toubeleki Explained

Toubeleki
Names:chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, tablah, toumperleki, zerbaghali
Background:percussion
Classification:hand percussion

The toubeleki (Greek, Modern (1453-);: τουμπελέκι and τουμπερλέκι and ντουμπελέκι), is a kind of a Greek traditional drum musical instrument. It is usually made from metal, open at its downside and covered with a skin stretched over it. It is played with the hands and used often in the Greek traditional folk rhythms, for the particularly cover of the Greek laiko and rebetiko music.

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