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  • Gawharet El Fan Tabla

    The Egyptian goblet drum, inlaid

    Hand percussion · Egypt

    Called tabla in Egypt and darbuka further north, this is the drum of Arabic classical and shaabi music. Gawharet El Fan's are aluminium shells inlaid with mother-of-pearl and shell, as much decorated object as instrument.

  • Emin Darbuka

    Cast aluminium goblet drum, Turkish tuning

    Hand percussion · Turkey

    The darbuka is played with both hands across the head and the rim, and the Turkish style — a thin head, a sharp rim, and finger technique that runs at speed — is what these cast aluminium shells are voiced for.

  • Contemporânea Surdo

    The bass drum of the samba bateria

    Hand percussion · Brazil

    The surdo carries the pulse of a samba school, and Contemporânea builds them in aluminium and wood across the three tuned sizes a bateria uses — first, second, and third surdo.

  • Contemporânea Repinique

    The bateria's calling drum

    Hand percussion · Brazil

    The repinique is the drum the leader plays to call a samba school in and out of sections, high-pitched and played with one hand and one stick.