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.
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
The saz or baglama is a Turkish musical instrument of the traditional long-necked lute family. In fact both the names saz and baglama may be used in various countries near Turkey. Saz/baglama is very similar to the bouzouki from Greek. The saz has a very narrow, long neck like the trichordo bouzouki.
The strings of saz are made with metal and tuned using friction tuning pegs at the top, it is something like the ones on a violin, instead of using machine heads. Note that for metal strings machine heads are more effective and some modern sazes use them. Although these haven’t caught on yet. These are normally seven strings and mainly grouped into three major courses.
The spectacular function of saz lies on the combination of string arrangement. More widely the arrangements
Zeryab Oud makers are a bunch of Khalefeh Damascene Family that have been involving Oud manufacturing as a craft and profession in Syria and in the Arab world since 1948. It is similar to family business like flowing blood from fathers to sons. The third generation of KhalefehOuds have recently manufactured Ouds as the name ZeryabOuds. They aimed to reach the grandfather’s destiny and for that now holding the business with a new spirit, vision at keeping to the handcraft traditions after reviving and restoring them. Their Oud has introduced a competitive sophisticated shapes and performances.
Zeryab produces some cool featured Oud. They have categorized all the ouds in three main spells. These are Shami, Turkish and Iraqi. There are a few sub categories of each Shami, Iraqi as well as Turkish ouds.
