Goblet Drum

The goblet drum (also chalice drum,darbuka, debuka, doumbek, dumbec,dumbeg, dumbelek,toumperleki, or tablah,Arabic: دربوكة‎ / ALA-LC: darbūkah) is a single head membranophone with a goblet shaped body used mostly in the Middle East, North Africa, and Eastern Europe.

The African djembe-wassolou is also a goblet membranophone. This article focuses on the Eastern and North-African goblet drum.