An appropriately onomatopoeic noun for name for Middle Eastern tambourine, able to produce a range of percussive sounds, and commonly heard in traditional Egyptian, Arab, Greek and Turkish music. It consists of a circular wooden frame (usually 20–25 cm in diameter) covered with a thin drumhead, traditionally crafted with versions use fish or goatskin for a warm, mellow sound, while modern versions often utilize synthetic heads with screw-tuning systems. Double-layered pairs of brass or bronze cymbals produced bright, shimmering, crisp jingling. It allows an array expressive techniques from finger flicks to palm slaps and thumb strokes, hitting the middle, sides and edge of the drum part, as well as the small metal cymbals.
Riqq detail
Here is an introduction demonstration how to make different high, low, simple and jingling sounds on the instrument:
And here is a more complex solo:
And more now with a particularly ornate, mother of pearl instrument:
And finally, some particularly fast, intricate fingerwork, demonstrating the Sama'i Thaquil, is an Arab rhythm in a cycle of 10 beats, played here by Yousif Sheronick.
So then, any further riqq-related examples to share from your own music library? Feel free also to share anything related whether in music or wider culture, such as from film, art, or other contexts, in comments below.
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