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Tombak or Zarb. Is the Chief percussion instrument of Iranian Art
music. This is a one faced drum Where (he whole upper half is wider
Than the lower. It is carved of single Block of wood! And it body
is hallow, Open at lower end covered with a Sheepskin membrane
across the Upper part. An average Tombak is 43 cm high with Playing
face of 28 diameter A Tombak player holds the drum Diagonally
across his lap with the Wider section usually over his right Side
and it is played with the fingers And the palm of the hands. Bahman
Mobayyen has developed a Variety of techniques to produce different
sounds on the single face of This old instrument of Iranian Art
music. The tick Bass sound is known As TOM. This sound comes from
striking the centre of the face with the Whole hand. The snap, dry
sound, is known as BAK and is produced by Striking the face of the
rim.
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