Westwood Carnaval Music School
Global instruments Lessons offered!
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Oud
The oud (/ˈuːd/; Arabic: عود ʿūd, plural: أعواد, a‘wād; Armenian: ուդ, Assyrian:ܥܘܕ ūd, Greek: ούτι Hebrew: עוּד; Persian:بربط, barbat; Kurdish: ûd; Turkish: ud or ut Azeri: ud; Somali: cuud or kaban) is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Byzantine, Armenian, North African (Chaabi, Classical, and SpanishAndalusian), Somali and Middle Eastern music. Construction of the oud is similar to that of the lute.
Tar
Tar is one of the most important Iranian/Persian musical instruments. The formation, compilation, edition, and inheritance of the most authentic and most comprehensive versions of radif are all worked on tar. The general trends of Persian classical music have been deeply influenced by tar players.
Tompak
The Tompak (official Persian name) is agoblet drum from Persia (ancient Iran). It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tonbak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso while the player uses one or more fingers and/or the palm(s) of the hand(s) on the drumhead, often (for a ringing timbre) near the drumhead's edge. Sometimes tonbak players wear metal finger rings for an extra-percussive "click" on the drum's shell.
Mandolin
The mandolin can be described as a small, short-necked lute with eight strings. A lute is a chordophone, an instrument which makes sound by the vibration of strings. As a descendent of the lute, the mandolin reaches back to some of the earliest musical instruments.
Sitar
The sitar English pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɑr/ is a plucked stringed instrument used mainly in Hindustani music and Indian classical music. The instrument descended from a similar but simpler Persian instrument called the Setar (meaning "three strings") and its predecessor the Dutar (meaning "two strings").
Moroccan Tam Tam
The Drum, or Tam Tam plays, a big part in the arts and culture of morocco. Moroccan artists have been using the same techniques to make drums for centuries.
Santoor/Santur
The Santur (Persian: سنتور, also santūr, santour, santoor) is a Perisan hammered dulcimer (modern day Iran), consisting of a trapezoidal box with horizontal strings, played with oval shaped featherweight mallets known asmezrab.