The Instruments Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I will start now by introducing you
to the instruments that we will play.
Firstly, the tabla,
[Em]sometimes called the d[Gm]arabuka,
[G]is a pear -shaped drum
with a fish skin [D]stretched onto
it.
The shell is normally made [G]out of ceramic or terracotta,
but the modern version
is [F#m]made out of a cast
[A]-iron -aluminium al[D]loy
with [G]a plastic head that is tunable
and unaffected by the
change of [D]humidity,
unlike [G]the fish skin.
Next I want to introduce you
to the [F#m]mazhar and the [G]dof.
The mazhar is [Gm]an enormous tambour[D]ine
with a donkey skin.
[G]The dof is also a [F#m]mazhar
but without [G]any cymbals.
Now we have the raq.
The raq is a small tambourine
with a [F]fish skin
and spe[G]cially well [C#m]-tuned cymbals.
[G]It used to be the percussion
instrument
in Egyptian [D]Taqt.
[G]Now we have the Dahalla.
The Dahalla is the bass tabla.
[D]It has a goat [G]skin
and is about two and a half times
the size of a normal tabla.
Last we have the Sagat.
The Sagat are [D]hand cymbals
made out of [F#m]copper nickel alloy,
[G]four in a set, two to [D]each hand.
[G]The larger size of Sagats
are called Tora.