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8 Reasons; Why should you invest your money on professional musical instruments cases
Musical instrument cases are so much popular in the world of instrument holder. In this article we have discussed 8 reasons why you should buy a case for your beloved instrument. Perfect Protect...
6 Reasons; Why Should You Play On a Professional Darbuka
Modern darbuka is made of synthetic materials, including fiberglass. Modern metal darbuka is commonly made of aluminum or copper. Some aluminum darbukas may have a mother-of-pearl inlay, which is p...
6 steps to become a professional Darbuka player
To become a professional Darbuka player, one has to learn the basics and then start struggling for it because learning the basics is necessary to know from where to start. So, here are b...
The Part of the Darbuka in Belly Dancing
Belly dancing is a very popular kind of dance. It has become a famous kind of dance exercise all over the world. It is a type of Middle Eastern dance that became popular in the West and scattered u...
Learn to Play Darbuka - Series of 10 Lessons
Holla, We are more than happy to teach you some great rhythms on the doumbek drum. Every Wednesday at 17:00 will will upload a new doumbek lesson (total 10 lessons) by our young and talent player "...
6 Facts about mother of pearl professional Doumbek
The darbuka is thought to be the pioneer of percussion instruments in the Middle East. As a variety of darbuka are accessible, it may not be easy for anyone to pick one out of the numerous to play....
Which Doumbek / Darbuka Case Will be the Best for my Drum?
Numerous professional doumbek players incline toward Egyptian Mother of Pearl Doumbek and ceramic drums with heads made of natural materials like fish skin for their inside and out to produce fabul...
How Do We Build Mother Of Pearl Darbuka - Arab Instruments
When we (Arab Instruments) build mother of pearl doumbek, there are some aspects that we need to take into consideration. We use extra layer of aluminum for all our doumbeks , this is why our "New ...
What So Special About a Sombaty Plus Darbuka
Also known as a goblet drum or doumbek, the darbuka is a membranophone with a single head and a body shaped like a goblet. It is used in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe or Arabia. ...
Our Professional Ceramic Doumbek
For the past years, Ceramic Doumbek made people curious on how it is being created and designed. There have been different people who tried making their own darbuka and they use their own skills in...
ناي "السيّد بيّومي" الاحترافي الخاص بنا
الناي هو قصبة مائلة مُحدّدة ومجوّفة يتم استخدامها في ألوان الموسيقى الفلكلورية، والكلاسيكيّة، والدينيّة أيضًا. ويُعتَقَدُ أنّ هذه الآلة الموسيقيّة خرجت إلى الوجود من أرض مصر منذ ما يزيد عن 5000 سن...
Darbuka Rhythms - Malfuf, Maksum and Baladi.
Rhythm is the key factor, the fundamental meaning to any song. Rhythm is what orchestrates how fast or slow the entourage of instruments are played. It is the decisive factor to the characteristics...
Gawharet El Fan - Clay Darbuka with Fish Skin
Not everyone is always interested in the latest and cutting edge technological breakthroughs when it comes to instrument making. We discussed in previous blogs about the accuracy, professionalism ...
Egy Gawhara Sombaty Darbuka / Doumbek
Previously we discussed a brief history on the darbuka, or as commonly known in Egypt and other Arab countries as the tabla. We already introduced to you our Gawharet El Fan brand of darbukas. To...
In one of our previous blogs, we talked about the doumbek 'darbuka' or tabla, as the drum instrument is known. But we did not discuss in details what makes this instrument sound uniquely among the...
Gawharet El Fan - Darbuka Types
From the shores of Alexandria to the deepest depths of the Nubian desert. The one instrument that has carried on tradition for thousands of years and have kept it's invitation and leadership throug...