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Emin Bendir

Frame drum with a snare string

The bendir is a large frame drum with a gut snare stretched under the head, giving a buzz behind every stroke. It carries Sufi and Anatolian music, played upright with the fingers of both hands.

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Category

  • Hand Percussion

    Congas, bongos, djembes, cajons, timbales, frame drums, and the small instruments that live on a percussion table: tambourines, cowbells, shakers, and claves.

Made by

  • Emin Percussion

    Emin makes darbukas and frame drums in Turkey in cast aluminium and copper, with the sharp, ringing tone the Turkish and Arabic idioms ask for, and supplies most of the darbukas played outside the region.

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