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حلقه انگشتی
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حلقه انگشتی

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Also known as zils, finger cymbals, sājāt, zilia

Zills, zillia, zils, or sagat, also known as finger cymbals or fanglesnaps, are small metallic cymbals used in belly dancing and similar performances. They are similar to Tibetan tingsha bells. In Western music, several pairs can be set in a frame to make a tambourine.

Key facts

Instrument.name
Zill
Instrument.image
Finger cymbals.jpg
Instrument.image_capt
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)
Instrument.background
percussion
Instrument.classification
Percussion
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
111.142
Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
Concussion or percussion vessels
Instrument.sound sample
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Wikidata facts

Subclass of
idiophone
Image
Zils.JPG
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Commons category
Zills
Hornbostel-Sachs classification
111.142
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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