bendir
The bendir (ar-Latn: بنادير, ar-Latn) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia. The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played, too, in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Turkish, the word bendir means "a big hand frame drum".
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The bendir (ar-Latn: بنادير, ar-Latn) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia. The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played, too, in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. In Turkish, the word bendir means "a big hand frame drum".
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• Name — Bendir • Hornbostel Sachs — 211.3 • Hornbostel Sachs Desc — Membranophone
Construction and play
Construction and play
• Illustration — A man playing the bendir in Laghouat, Algeria The bandir often has a snare (usually made of gut) stretched across the head, which gives the tone a buzzing quality when the drum is struck with the fingers or palm. The drum is played in a vertical position. One holds the drum by looping the thumb of the non-dominant hand through a hole in the frame. Similar frame drums include the tar of Egypt and the bodhrán of Ireland. Unlike the bendir, the tar does not have a snare on the back of the frame, and the bodhrán is played with a beater.
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500444152, Bendir, Arthur.
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- “Bendir”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q816793: bendir
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