davul
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davul (plural davuls)
A large Turkish double-headed drum, played with mallets.
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The drum, similar to the davul and long drum, is double-headed, rod tensioned, and measures roughly 40 inches in diameter and 20 inches in width.
Although the long drum was an improvement on the davul, both drums were nevertheless played in a similar fashion.
In Ottoman society, davul and shawm players would perform together in groups called davul-zurnas, or drum and shawm circles.
The davul, however, was also used extensively in non-military music.
This is vastly different from the davul, which is made from a thick shell.
When struck, the davul produced a sound much deeper than that of the other drums in existence.