Caucasian dhol
Caucasian Dhol (Georgian: დოლი, Azerbaijani: Nağara, Russian: Доул, Armenian: Դհոլ) is a kind of dhol drums in the Caucasus. This drum was used by the Caucasian warriors in the battle, today for national music playing.
Construction
Сaucasian dhol is a double-sided barrel drum, the shell used from wood or acrylic plastic, and the heads from thinnest leather or synthetic plastic film. The traditional preferences is shell from walnut wood and the heads from goat skin. The skin or plastic film should be spanned on strong iron round rod, strong during the tuning up of the drum heads the rod should not be bent, the round rod is optimal for touch hands. Adjustment made by hemp or synthetic rope.
Playing
Сaucasian dhol played mostly as an accompanying instrument with Garmon, Zurna and Clarinet. There are two playing variants, one with hands and the second with two wooden sticks, usually the sticks made out of dogwood because this is heavy wood.
Regional forms and traditions
Georgia and Abkhazia
In Georgia and Abkhazia it is called dholi or doli, their dhols almost used from natural thick leather skin heads and wooden shell. The playing is almost with hands.
Azerbaijan and Armenia
In Azerbaijan it is called Naqara and Armenia Dhol, their dhols used from natural thinnest leather skin or plastic film heads and the shell is wooden or acrylic plastic. The playing is only with hands.
Southern Russia and Northern Caucasus
In Southern Russia and Northern Caucasus it is called doul baraban, their dhols is the same as the Azerbaijani and Armenian, but also playing with two same wooden sticks.