Zil

Zil (Arab., Turk.), cymbals of ancient and modern Islam, in ancient times probably *finger cymbals. In Turkey they were employed in military music for several centuries and spread from there to the Balkan peoples (cf. zile) and the Kurds. Today the Kurds and the Turks still call their cymbals by this name (75 II, 98). Sort by:DefaultAuthorTitleDateAscendingDescending Farmer, Henry George. Studies in Oriental Musical Instruments; Series II, Glasgow, 1939. Hickmann, Hans. Terminologie arabe des…