toubeleki

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Toubeleki is a traditional Greek hand drum, commonly used in folk and dance music for its sharp, rhythmic accompaniment.

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Label Occurrences
toubeleki canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf membranophone ⓘ
percussion instrument ⓘ
category Balkan percussion instruments ⓘ
Greek musical instruments ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Greece ⓘ
culturalContext Eastern Mediterranean music ⓘ
Greek traditional music ⓘ
drumheadPosition single-headed ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo Turkish word "tümbek" or "dümbelek" ⓘ
gripStyle held under the arm or between the knees ⓘ
material animal skin drumhead ⓘ
metal body ⓘ
plastic drumhead ⓘ
synthetic drumhead ⓘ
performanceSetting dance events ⓘ
festivals ⓘ
weddings ⓘ
playedBy hands ⓘ
playingTechnique finger strokes ⓘ
rolls ⓘ
slaps ⓘ
portable true ⓘ
regionOfUse Balkans ⓘ
Cyprus ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
rhythmicFunction dance rhythms ⓘ
improvised solos ⓘ
shape goblet-shaped ⓘ
similarTo darbuka ⓘ
doumbek ⓘ
soundCharacteristic bright ⓘ
high-pitched ⓘ
sharp ⓘ
tuning tunable by adjusting drumhead tension ⓘ
typicalEnsemble dance bands ⓘ
small folk ensembles ⓘ
typicalRole rhythmic accompaniment ⓘ
usedIn Balkan folk music ⓘ
Greek dance music ⓘ
Greek folk music ⓘ
belly dance accompaniment ⓘ
laiko music ⓘ
rebetiko music ⓘ
tsifteteli music ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cretan music → usesInstrument → toubeleki ⓘ