Dumbek definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Gil, a dumbek player, photographer, and computer consultant uses his gut, and his insatiable desire for light as the two guiding principles in the redesign and renovation of the top two floors of what he refers to as "a once narrow, dark, claustrophobic, depressing brownstone, like many such buildings in Brooklyn."

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Gil, a dumbek player, photographer, and computer consultant uses his gut, and his insatiable desire for light as the two guiding principles in the redesign and renovation of the top two floors of what he refers to as "a once narrow, dark, claustrophobic, depressing brownstone, like many such buildings in Brooklyn." — Apartment Therapy Main
The all-star band includes Rudresh Mahanthappa, saxophone; Nasheet Waits, drums; Carlo DeRosa, bass; and Zaafir Tawil, oud, violin, and dumbek. — DCist
Between them they play a range of traditional middle-eastern and ethnic instruments - oud, harp, lyre, dumbek among others. — AvaxHome RSS:
The band plays in a variety of incarnations and lineups; the versatile percussion section includes bass drum, snare, dumbek, and percussion instruments such as cymbals, tambourine, and qarqabats. — Hankblog
(Adam Niewood - tenor, C-melody, soprano, alto, & baritone saxes, clarinet & bass clarinet; Jesse Lewis - guitar; Kristian Randalu - piano, Fender Rhodes; Matt Brewer - electric bass; Chris Higgins - acoustic bass; Rohin Khemani - drums, cymbals, djembe, dumbek, frame drum, elephant bells, Tibetan bowl, African rattles, shakers; Greg Ritchie - drums, cymbals) — Audiophile Audition Headlines