TOPRAK DARBUKA : TARİHÇESİ,YAPIM AŞAMALARI VE BOYUTLARI

The oldest known instrument samples are thought to belong to Mesopotamia in 4000 BC. Of these instruments, drums constitute a majority of them. All of these instruments, from past to present, belonging to the percussion family, the drums of Anatolia (approximately up until Babel civilization of 1100 BC), Central Asia,Eastern Europe and Northern Africa BC are considered to be the ancestors of the goblet drum. There are some drums that have the distinct goblet shape which date back to the prehistoric Mesopotamian instruments that could be considered prototypes. The drums are assumed to have been used in the Hittite period, yet it has been documented that it belongs to previous eras. The archeological remnants of the Assyrian colonial period shed light to the possibility that the roots of the clay darbuka date back to 1700 BC. The evolution process of the clay darbuka varies with the parallel to cultural changes and development of civilizations in the historical process. Its form, used only in Arab countries before, has been widely used in Turkey because of musical influences since the 1980s. This study is about the clay darbuka, the historical background of the instrument and its phases of production. It is significant not only for musicology, but also its related disciplines in that it brings forward several topics. Since the darbuka has been ignored, due to various reasons, despite its outstanding role in both Turkish and world music history, there has been little to no in-depth academic research.