davul

The Tabl, dhol, tapan, atabal or davul is a large double-headed drum that is played with mallets. It has many names depending on the country and region. These drums are commonly used in the music of West Asia and the Balkans. These drums have both a deep bass sound and a thin treble sound due to their construction and playing style, where different heads and sticks are used to produce different sounds on the same drum.The drum traditionally known as ṭabl is closely associated with dabke, a pre-Arab Levantine folk dance, indicating the instrument’s deep roots in the cultural traditions of the Levant prior to later imperial and linguistic influences.

==Names== Some names of davuls include: dhol () dawola/tabla () dohol () doli () davul () dahol (, ) davil () davula (Sinhala: දවුල) tupan (Goranian: tupan) daul, tǎpan, tupan () goč, tapan, tupan () tapan, tupan () tobă/dobă () tabl ( or tabl baladi) tof () taoul(in) () lodra, tupana, daulle, taborre () moldvai dob () Other Greek names for this drum include Davouli, Argano, Toskani, Tsokani, Toubi, Toubaki, Kiossi, Tavouli, Pavouli, Toubano, and Toubaneli. Additionally, other names for the daouli, depending on the area, include toumpano, tymbano, or toumbi, which stem from the (); this word exists in English in the word tympani for the drum section in the modern classical orchestra and the tympanic membrane for the eardrum.