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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Ultimately (probably partially via words in various Middle Eastern languages such as Armenian tʽmbouk and Azerbaijani dümbək) from Persian tombak, dombak.]

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  • Currently I'm stuck on the slow crawl of the title track, with its violin overture leading into tuba and saxophone, guided by the dumbek, which culminates with a surprising guitar or could be dobro solo.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Four Albums to Find in 2011 Derek Beres 2010

  • Currently I'm stuck on the slow crawl of the title track, with its violin overture leading into tuba and saxophone, guided by the dumbek, which culminates with a surprising guitar or could be dobro solo.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Four Albums to Find in 2011 Derek Beres 2010

  • Currently I'm stuck on the slow crawl of the title track, with its violin overture leading into tuba and saxophone, guided by the dumbek, which culminates with a surprising guitar or could be dobro solo.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Four Albums to Find in 2011 Derek Beres 2010

  • Currently I'm stuck on the slow crawl of the title track, with its violin overture leading into tuba and saxophone, guided by the dumbek, which culminates with a surprising guitar or could be dobro solo.

    Derek Beres: Global Beat Fusion: Four Albums to Find in 2011 Derek Beres 2010

  • Her partners in crime include her husband Liron Peled, originally from the Golan Heights, on guitar and drums; Daphna Mor on recorders and nai; Yotam Beery, another Israeli native, on bass; and Rami El-Aasser on riq and bass dumbek.

    Raquy and the Cavemen, Jordan (Meef Records, 2005) smg58 2006

  • Her partners in crime include her husband Liron Peled, originally from the Golan Heights, on guitar and drums; Daphna Mor on recorders and nai; Yotam Beery, another Israeli native, on bass; and Rami El-Aasser on riq and bass dumbek.

    Archive 2006-05-01 smg58 2006

  • Ian Dogole udu, mbira, hang, dumbek & talking drum

    Dove's Eye View: 2004

  • Ry Cooder's son plays dumbek, a Middle Eastern drum, on the album listed below.

    A Guide to Classical Indian/Jazz Fusion by Allen Alley Cat Lutins 1994

  • And four of the visiting Northerners, two fiddler girls looking like a matched set, one with short curly hair, the other a blonde; off in the back, a serious dark-haired woman concentrating on an intricate rhythm on a dumbek, and that blond bearded fellow playing the bouzouki.

    Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • He also studies the performance methods of ethnic instruments, such as the dumbek (an Arabian hand drum), although he admits, "I cannot play like my Arabic teacher."

    daytondailynews.com - News 2010

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