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 A close-up of a person holding zills (traditionally, it would be held on the middle finger instead of the pointer, and above the last knuckle) | |
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| Classification | Percussion |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 111.142 (Concussion or percussion vessels) |
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Zills or zils (from Turkish zil 'cymbals'), also called finger cymbals, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances.[1] They are called sāgāt (صاجات) in Egypt.[2][3] They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. In Western music, several pairs can be set in a frame to make a tambourine.
Names in other languages include nuqaisāt (after the naqus) in Arabic and used among Berbers,[4] ṣunnūj ṣaghīra in Arabic,[5] Zang-e sarangoshti (Persian, possibly related to the zang), sanj angshati (سنج انگشتی) (Persian, related to Sanj), çeng in Turkish, p'eng chung in Chinese.[6]
- ^ Zill 2017.
- ^ Sawa, George Dimitri (2015-04-30). An Arabic Musical and Socio-Cultural Glossary of Kitāb al-Aghānī (in Arabic). BRILL. ISBN 9789004279094.
- ^ Koskoff, Ellen (2008). The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: The Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia. Routledge. ISBN 9780415994040.
- ^ Marcuse, Sibyl (1964). "Nuqaisāt". Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. New York: Doubleday. p. 369.
- ^ Farmer, Henry George (2001). A History of Arabian Music to the XIIIth Century. New Delhi: Goodword Books. p. 47.
- ^ Marcuse, Sibyl (1975). A Survey of Musical Instruments. New York: Harper & Row. pp. 12–13. ISBN 0-06-012776-7.