User Manual

125A User’s Guide to Garritan World Instruments
THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
ARIA name:
Program Description:
Controller
Assignments:
Middle East
Dumbek e Dumbek is a very popular drum in the
Middle East. It is goblet-shaped with a head
stretched over the bowl that can produce a va-
riety of sounds by being played by the hands
and ngers.
• C2 - E3 – various hits, taps and rolls
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Kashiklar e Kashiklar is a percussive wooden spoon
instrument used in dance in various countries
in the Middle East.
• C2 - D#3 – various single and multiple
hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Kudum e Kudum consists of a pair of small, hemi-
spherical drums from Turkey that are used in
dervish mystical music. e instrument is also
known as the Ghodum.
• C2 - A3 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Naqqāra e Naqqāra is a small drum with a rounded
back and a hide head. e Naqqāra can be
found in dierent sizes in dierent regions of
Iran and there are some other Middle Eastern
varieties of the instrument.
• C2 - G2 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Riqq e Riqq is a type of tambourine used in Ara-
bic music. It has a round wooden frame that
is covered with thin animal or sh skin and
equipped with double rows of metal jingles.
In various regions the instrument is similar to
the Da.
• C2 - F5 – various hits and shakes
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches
Tar e Tar is a large single-headed frame drum
from Egypt and the Middle East. e Tar is
usually held with one hand and played with
the other. Depictions of Tar drums date back
thousands of years.
• C2 - E4 – various hits
Vel (vol/eq), Var 1,
Var 2, Lgth, FiltLv,
FiltFq, Keyswitches