naqqara

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naqqara

Kettledrum of the Islamic world, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. It is used in military, religious, and ceremonial music. Made of silver, copper, brass, wood, or pottery the naqqara are usually played in pairs with the skin drum heads tuned at different pitches and beaten with a stick.

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timpani			For example, the naubat was an ensemble of horns, drums, and cymbals that served as an aural reminder of Mughal power; it was housed and played within the naqqara khana (drum house), which was located on top of a high gate providing entrance to the imperial palaces. Imaging Sound: An Ethnomusico-logical Study of Music, Art, and ... by SLAWEX, STEPHEN / Notes			Naperville naphtha naphthalene Napier Napier, Charles Napier, Charles James Napier, John Napier, Robert Cornelis Napier, William Francis Patrick Naples Naples, Kingdom of Napo Napoleon Napoleon I Napoleon II Napoleon III Napoleonic era Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Wars (1803–15) Napoli Napolitana Nappanee nappy rash Nápravník, Eduard Franzevich Napster naqqara Nara Naracoorte Narayan, Jaya Prakash Narayan, R K Narayanan, Kocheril Raman Narbonne Narciso narcissism narcissus narcolepsy narcosis narcotic Nardi, Jacopo Nardini, Pietro Nares, George Strong Nares, James Nariño Narmada Narmada Valley Project Narnia, Chronicles of Narodnik Narragansett Narragansett Bay narration narrative painting			NAPVA NAPVI NAPVS NAPW NAPWA NAPWAD NAPWC NAPWDA NAPWS NAPY NAPZ NAQ Naqada Naqadah NAQAS NAQC NAQCC NAQG NAQIA NAQL NAQMP NAQN NAQO NAQP naqqara NAQR NAQS Naqsh-e Rustam Naqsh-e-Rostam Naqsh-e-Rostam Naqsh-e-Rostam Naqshbandiya Foundation for Islamic Education NAQSIS NAQT Naqua Naqua NAR NAR NAR NAR NAR Nar Mikhailovich Ovanisian Nar Ovanisian Nar-Anon Nar-Dos NAR/FAR NARA NARA NARA NARA Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology NARA Archival Information Locator Nara Chandra Babu Naidu Nara Jidai Nara period

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