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1. A Middle Eastern goblet drum.

   Behind her, a band of drummers hesitated in mid-beat over now-silent dumbeks.

   2014, Robin Wayne Bailey, Swords Against the Shadowland, →ISBN

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   The Middle Eastern jar shaped drum generally referred to as the dumbek is gaining enormous popularity among today's hand percussionists.

   2000, John Marshall, Hand Drums for Beginners: An Easy Beginning Method, →ISBN, page 33

   Dumbek are used in a wide range of ensembles in both classical and folk music.

   2010, Randy Raine-Reusch, Play The World: The 101 Instrument Primer, →ISBN