Sound type
Human
Human event
Instrument
Instrument type
by Hornbostel-Sachs classification
2 Membranophones
Number of instruments
Instrument name in the source
ṭabl (al-sulṭana)
Musical traditions
The few having the right to announce their presence through drums were called drum-lords [arbāb al-ṭabl]. Their drums could sound until they reached a threshold, beyond which only the askia’s drum [ṭabl al-sulṭana] could be sounded (Gomez, 2018, p. 250).
Interpretative hypothesis

Musical content

How to quote
Pintimalli A., "Instrument > 2 Membranophones > ṭabl (al-sulṭana)" (Sound), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 09 11.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.137

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