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), is a kind of a Greek traditional drum musical instrument. It is made from metal, open at its down side 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

References

• The Greek traditional toubeleki
• Musipedia: Τουμπελέκι