Toubeleki

Toubeleki

Percussion instrument
Other names	chalice drum, tarabuka, tarabaki, darbuka, debuka, doumbek, dumbec, dumbeg, dumbelek, tablah, toumperleki, zerbaghali
Classification	hand percussion

The toubeleki (Greek: τουμπελέκι and τουμπερλέκι and ντουμπελέκι), is a kind of a Greek traditional drum musical instrument. It is usually made from metal, open at its downside and covered with a skin stretched over it. It is played with the hands and used often in the Greek traditional folk rhythms, for the particularly cover of the Greek laiko and rebetiko music.

See also

• Greek musical instruments
• Greek folk music
• Greek music
• Goblet drum

References

• Musipedia:, τουμπελέκι