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Daf

THE SOUND OF COMPLEX SIMPLICITY

by Ali Nourbakhsh

Based on references to the instrument in early literature and on depictions in ancient sculpture and illustrations of musicians playing the daf, it is widely believed that the daf has been used in the Middle East for at least 2,000 years.

 

(Photo courtesy of Foad Tohidi)

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