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North African Music Instruments (Percussions)

Castanets (Ancient Egypt Instrument)

Hand percussion directly struck concussive idiophone

Goblet Drum

Single head membranophone with goblet shaped body


Bendir

A frame drum, known as duff in Arabic language


Doesnt have jingle but have a snare, stretched across the face
Buzzing quality
Tuareg musical instrument

Tar (drum)

A single headed drum of Turkish origin


Commonly played in North Africa and the Middle East
Krakebs

Large iron castanets-like musical instruments primarily used as the rhythmic as Gnawa
music

Tbilat

Percussion instrument from Morocco which resembles bongos and table.

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