دربوكة / طبله

The qanun is a descendent of the old Egyptian harp. It has played an integral part in Arabic music since the 10th century. The word qanun means 'law' in Arabic, and the word exists in English in the form of "canon." The qanun was introduced to Europe by the 12th Century, becoming known during the 14th to the 16th Century as a psaltery or zither. The qanun also resembles a dulcimer. In this section we will discuss about 7 interesting facts about the Arabic qanun musical instrument.

1. Shape:

The form of the qanun consists of a trapezoid-shaped flat board over which 81 strings are stretched in groups of three with 24 treble chords consisting of three chords to each note.

2. Attached with musician:

The instrument is placed flat on the knees which means so close. Sometimes it is placed on table of the musician.

3. Spectacular String arrangement:

Those who are doumbek lovers already have known playing it and who are interested in playing it would know how much fun playing it. On the other hand numerous players don’t give the right regard for their darbuka drum. They are playing with extremely old darbuka that looks awful, some of them play with exceptionally modest darbuka however in this article we will inform you about 8 reasons why to learn playing the doumbek today!

1. Get Rhythms:

Playing doumbek drums and get rhythms can be an optimal experience and encourages participants of all ages to achieve flow.

2. Academic Growth:

There’s a saying ‘Drumming can help students grow academically’. Learning doumbek can enhance and create permanent impression on the ability to concentrate and compliment studies in the arts, math, science, language arts, history & physical fitness.

3. Brain

Musical instrument cases are so much popular in the world of instrument holder. In this article we have discussed 8 reasons why you should buy a case for your beloved instrument.

1. Perfect Protection of Instrument: There are a lot of musical instrument cases in market. Many are offered on-line, but none are equipped with all the necessary features to create a high quality case that will provide the perfect protection for any instrument.
2. Good fabrication: Most of the eye catching cases have high quality zippers (YKK), External fabric made of the highest quality materials. It proves the authenticity of the respective instrument.

Modern darbuka is made of synthetic materials, including fiberglass. Modern metal darbuka is commonly made of aluminum or copper. Some aluminum darbukas may have a mother-of-pearl inlay, which is purely decorative.
Traditional drum heads were animal skin, commonly goat and also fish but modern drums commonly use synthetic materials for drum heads. In this article we will inform you about 6 reasons behind why each darbuka player need to have a professional darbuka.

1. Structure and material used :

Different types of metals are used for giving a darbuka drum a perfect shape. Using metal for forming the main structure of Darbuka Drum can have a number of advantages. First, metal structure improves its durability and gives it strength that you will not find in the traditional darbuka drums. In some cases, more particularly in Turkish darbuka, external rings are used for enhancing its performance as whole and it has proved extremely effective

To become a professional Darbuka player, one has to learn the basics and then start struggling for it because learning the basics is necessary to know from where to start. So, here are basic 6 steps after which a person can become a professional Darbuka player.

1. The first step is to learn holding Darbuka because if a person doesn’t hold it right then he/she will not be able to play it perfectly. There is a need to sit down with the drum placed across the left leg and the head of the drum touching the right leg, placing Darbuka in that position will make a the person able to put the left arm on it and the individual has to place the hand with finger hanging over the edge of the drum.
2. The next step is to learn the 4 basic tones which allow a Darbuka player to play different rhythms, those 4 basic tones are:
   • Dum: It is played with the left hand, which creates the bass sound.
   • Ka: It is played with the help of the left hand and it is

Belly dancing is a very popular kind of dance. It has become a famous kind of dance exercise all over the world. It is a type of Middle Eastern dance that became popular in the West and scattered universally. It was originally an improvised solo dance involving the torso formulation, and the dance had been improvised in different countries worldwide.
It’s a dance mainly focusing on the torso, and strictly following the beat of the music. The musical instruments used in the dance are an integral part of the whole thing. It gives meaning and color to the dance itself.

One of the instruments used in belly dancing is “darbuka / Doumbek” or ‘goblet drum’ in English. It has a single head, with a goblet shape, and is mostly

Holla, We are more than happy to teach you some great rhythms on the doumbek drum. Every Wednesday at 17:00 will will upload a new doumbek lesson (total 10 lessons) by our young and talent player "Aviel Macabi". On every lesson we will play a rhythms on the darbuka fast and then in a slow motion, so you will be able to follow our moves and practice. These lessons might look difficult at the beginning but after practicing again and again you will be able to improve your darbuka drumming skills and eventually to become one day a professional players.

We want to wish you all  good luck and please send any comment or feedback which might help us a lot in the future.

Thanks, Arab Instruments Team

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هى الآله المعروفه أيضا باسم الدربكة أو الطار، والدربكه هي أله موسيقيه مكونه من رأس واحدة وجسم على شكل كأس. ويتم استخدامها في منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال أفريقيا وأوروبا الشرقية أو العربية

الأصوات التي تنتجها الدربكه هى أصوات الضربات المكثفة التي تنتج من خلال ضرب رأس الطبله في المركز. الصوت التالى هو صوت التك وهو صوت عالي النبرة. وهناك العديد من تقنيات ضرب الدربكه التي تنتج العديد من الأصوات المختلفه

الآله العربية الموسيقيه الدربكه السومباتى هى من أهم الآلات الإيقاعية المستخدمة في الشرق الأوسط. فالموسيقى الشرقية أنتجت أولا الإيقاعات الموسيقيه المميزة ثم حظت الدربكه بشعبية كبيره في الموسيقى الغربية. وتعتبرالطبله آله واحده مستقله ورائده وتختلف كثيرا عن الآلات الموسيقية الأخرى في أسرة الآلات الموسيقيه الإيقاعيه. والدربكه لديها تاريخ طويل فى إستخدامها كآله موسيقيه تستخدم للرقص الشرقي في منطقة الشرق الأوسط

منذ سنين خلت، لطالما جعلت الطبلة السيراميكيّة الناس يتساءلون عن طريقة صُنعها وتصميمها. كما تواجد العديد من الأشخاص ممّن حاولوا أن يقوموا بصُنع الطبلة الخاصّة بهم، وهم يستخدمون مهاراتهم الخاصة من أجل إتمام ذلك. وفي الوقت الحاضر، يحبّ العديد من الأشخاص حول العالم شراء تصميماتٍ مُختلفة من الطَبل. ويرجع هذا إلى تقديرهم الجمّ لوجود هذه الآلات.

اليوم نحن بصدد استعراض منتج جديد استلمناه مؤخراً، وهو "الجيل الجديد" من الدربكة! هذه إضافة كبيرة بالفعل لقائمتنا، ونحن متحمسون لمشاركتها معكم اليوم!

إذا كنت قد استخدمت نماذج مسبقة من الجيل الجديد من الدربكة، ستلاحظ بالتأكيد الفرق! هذا النموذج الجديد أثقل قليلاً، وكذلك طوله أعلى بقليل. ستلاحظ أيضا تصميم مختلف قليلاً بالجزء السفلي من الطبلة.

يتم استخدام صدفة لؤلؤ حقيقية، والتي أيضاً تزيد من الوزن، وكذلك ألومنيوم عالي الجودة. وهذا يوفر للطبلة جودة صوت متفوقة حقاً.

في هذا النموذج فإن أصوات ضربات الـ"تِك" والـ"الصفعة" على الطبلة حادة وقوية جدا، و صوت ضربة الـ"دُم" قوي (في نموذج السمباطي ضربة الـ"دُم" أقوى).

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