zills

finger cymbal (zɪl ) noun. a finger cymbal used to keep rhythm in belly-dancing.

Zills, or finger cymbals, are part of a family of musical instruments known as clappers. Clappers are musical instruments made of wood, bone, metal, and other substances that are played by being struck against each other.

Or we're going to hit twice. For and up. Now putting the left hand with the right hand the primary rhythm would go like this one and A two and three and four. And I'm going in slow motion. Here.

Zills or zils (from Turkish zil 'cymbals'), also called finger cymbals, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances. They are called sagat in Egypt. They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. These Zills were personally souced in Turkey and are shipped form the UK.

German:: metonymic occupational name for someone who piloted a river barge from Middle High German zülle zulle zille 'river barge'. from a short form of a vernacular form of the personal name Zyriak (see Cyriac ) or of the female personal name Cäcilie (German form of Cecilia; see Sisley ).

Finger cymbals have existed since antiquity and were used in religious ceremonies. There are engravings of finger cymbals in ancient Mesopotamia depicting their use in dance. Finger cymbals were also used for religious music, funeral rites, in times of celebration (such as a victory), and even for magical purposes!

around 3,000 B.C. Used to keep time & rhythm with a band or as a dancer. Also used to create rhythm as percussion. The precursors to Zills are Hand clappers dating around 3,000 B.C. ancient styles from Egypt were made of wood occasionally ivory and we shaped like a pair of hand and arms and were favored by Romans, Greeks and more.

A tambourine is a percussion instrument that consists of a solid, round frame inset with metal disks known as zills (typically made of brass or steel). Most tambourines have a drum head stretched across the frame; traditionally this was a goatskin head, but modern tambourines tend to use plastic heads.

A very loud sound can be made by hitting them together as the arms form a circle, and letting the cymbals vibrate for a long time by holding them in the air. Another way of playing the cymbal is to use just one cymbal, and to hang it on a stand. It can then be played with a beater, stick or wire brush.

Though usually clashed or brushed together, they may also be operated with a foot pedal (as in the hi-hat) and may be brushed or struck in the closed or open position, or a single cymbal may be struck with a brush or a hard- or soft-ended drumstick.

Zills (Finger Cymbals): Many belly dancers wear finger cymbals, known as zills, on their fingers. These cymbals are used to create rhythmic patterns and enhance the music during the performance.

Chinese Vietnamese (Đỗ): from the Chinese surname 杜 see Du Vietnamese (Đồ): from the Chinese surname 涂 (or 塗) see Tu Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 杜 see Du Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 卓 see Zhuo This form is possibly based on the Teochew Hokkien and Taiwanese pronunciation of the name which can ...