INCLUDED INSTRUMENTS
SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION: MIDDLE EAST offers a wide range of percussive and melodic instruments, including a Turkish string ensemble. Read on for details.
PERCUSSION – GOBLET DRUMS

Darbuka: A small goblet drum, made from aluminium and used often in Turkish music.

Doumbek: A single-headed goblet drum, made of metal. This collection features two Egyptian-style doumbeks – one slightly larger drum, usually referred to as sombaty, and a classic doumbek.

Dohola: A large goblet drum similar to the darbuka and doumbek, but capable of producing deeper tones because of its larger size.

Tombak: A wooden goblet drum – the primary drum used in Persian music. The tombak has a more pronounced goblet shape than the other drums in this collection, with a head that stretches over the rim.
PERCUSSION – FRAME DRUMS

Bendir: A large frame drum used in both Arabic and Turkish music. The instrument in this collection is made with natural skin and without snares.

Daire: A medium-sized frame drum with jingles, used in Arabic and Turkish music. Similar to a riq but larger.

Daf: A large Persian frame drum with jingles attached to the inside of the shell.

Davul: A large Turkish double-headed drum, played with mallets. Similar to an Indian dhol.

Duff: A simple Arabic frame drum with a larger shell and without jingles.

Katem: An Arabic frame drum, without jingles. This collection includes two katems with different diameters.

Kudüm: A pair of small Turkish kettle drums, played with mallets.

Riq: A small, tambourine-like frame drum with jingles. This instrument collection features two different riq models.

Zil: A pair of Arabic finger cymbals.
MELODIC

Kanun: A Turkish zither, used mostly in classical music.

Kemençe: A small, bowed three-string Turkish fiddle. The instrument in this collection is a pear-shaped kemençe, used in classical music.

Ney: A long end-blown flute, used in all kinds of middle-eastern music.

Oud: A short-necked fretless lute used in Turkish and Arabic music and one of the main melodic instruments in the Middle East.

Saz: A long-necked fretted lute, used in Turkish folk music. This collection features three different saz models, the medium sized tambura, the smaller cura and the large divan saz.

Tanbur: A long-necked fretted Turkish lute, used in Turkish classical music.

Zurna: A medium-sized Turkish oboe, used in folk music.
STRINGS

String Ensemble: A string group with two violins, viola, and cello. Recorded by the renowned İstanbul Strings.

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