The goblet drum (also chalice drum, darbuka, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, or tablah, Arabic: دربوكة / ALA-LC: darbūkah) is a single head membranophone with a goblet shaped body used mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe. The African djembe-wassolou is also a goblet membranophone.This article focuses on the Eastern and North-African goblet drum.
Read more about Goblet Drum: Characteristics, History, Technique, Use in Western Classical Music
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