Professional Bendir

New Turkish Percussion Instrument Professional Bendir It is played with finger-tips. Hoop of the tambourine is 5-6 cm in width Bendir or Douf – (Doof or Duf) a flat frame drum with a pair of snare strings stretched across the back of the head to give it a little buzz when played. Resembles a tambourine. [...]

rhythm instruments in classical Turkish music

Kudüm is one of the most fundamental rhythm instruments in classical Turkish music. The person playing it is called kudümzen. It is among ney, rebap, and halile as one of the four main instruments in Mevlevi music. It consists of a pair of small, hemispherical drums. Traditionally kudüm was played in religious ceremonies; in a [...]