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tabla

The tbilat is a percussion instrument from Morocco which resembles bongos and tabla. It consists of a pair of decorated pottery drums of different sizes. The skinheads are stretched by plaited gut cords.

Tbilat, moroccan drum
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The tbilat is a percussion instrument from Morocco which resembles bongos and tabla. It consists of a pair of decorated pottery drums of different sizes. The skinheads are stretched by plaited gut cords. This membranophone is placed on the ground between the legs and is played with both hands. 1

The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Tbilat”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1

tabla is percussion instrument from Morocco, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2

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