Main drum of the Iranian musical tradition, the tombak is made of a piece of carved wood on which is glued a head made of the skin of a goat, cow or camel. The playing technique, combining many different finger strokes, rolls, snaps, muffing of the skin, gives great expressive, rhythmic and melodic qualities to the tombak.
Main drum of the Iranian musical tradition, the tombak is made of a piece of carved wood on which is glued a head made of the skin of a goat, cow or camel. The playing technique, combining many different finger strokes, rolls, snaps, muffing of the skin, gives great expressive, rhythmic and melodic qualities to the tombak.