instruments of israel

1. INSTRUMENTAL
MUSIC IN ISRAEL
Ppt
by
:
Zulueta

2. MEMBRANOPHONES

3. DARBUK
•The goblet-shaped
single headed hand-
drum is an ancient
drum.

4. DARBUK

5. CHORDOPHONES

6. HORA
•Used as dance
accompaniment.

7. JEWISH LYRE
•Kinnor (Hebrew)
•an ancient Israelite
musical instrument

8. JEWISH LYRE

9. PSALTERION
•An ancient stringed
instrument played by
plucking the strings with
the fingers or a plectrum.

10. OUD
• Originated from a Persian
instrument called the
barbat, dating back to the
Sassanid (Persian) empire in
224 A.D.
• Spread to Andalusia, or
present day Spain most
likely through Islamic
conquests.

11. OUD
• 1492 Spanish Inquisition
resulting in European
adaptation of the lute and the
exile of Jews from Spain to
Northern Africa and the
Middle East.
• considered the king of
musical instruments in the
Arab world

12. OUD
• can be played in two
distinctive styles
• Al-Farid – Egyptian style
(http://www.mikeouds.com/audio/farido1.mp
3)
• Yair Dalal – Ottoman style

13. OUD
• known for its calming,
healing, and meditative
properties

14. OUD
1:06

15. AEROPHONES

16. SHOFAR
• made of a ram’s horn
• Used in synagogue ritual on
Rosh Hashana and Yom
Kippur.
• only Jewish liturgical
instrument that survived the
destruction of the Second
Temple of Jerusalem by the
Romans in 70 CE.

17. SHOFAR
• Sounds of the Shofar
–tekiah: broken interrupted
sound
–shevarim: three triplet blasts,
like three shorter tekiah
–terual: nine staccato short
notes
–tekiah gedolah: held as long
as possible

18. SHOFAR