Petits instruments de percussion militaires à peau unique, en forme de timbale, d'origine arabe, qui se sont répandus dès le Moyen-Âge, par les conquêtes, les croisades, la présence arabe en Espagne, l'avancée turque en Europe.

The naqareh, naqqāra, nagara or nagada is a Middle Eastern drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs. It is thus a membranophone of the kettle drum variety. The term naqqāra (نقاره), also نقارات naqqarat, naqqarah, naqqåre, nakkare, nagora comes from the Arabic verb naqr- that means "to strike, beat".

Au Moyen Âge, un nacaire est un instrument de percussion en forme de petites timbales, emprunté à la musique orientale. Thoinot Arbeau (1588) parle encore du « tambour des Perses » 1. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia :

Small kettle drums (known as nakers, nakeres, nacara, nacaires) and tabors of Arabic or Saracenic origin came to Europe with the 13th century crusades. The bowls of these instruments were of wood or metal or clay, covered with a membrane.

Nakers is a pair of struck vessel membranophones used today primarily in early music ensembles. In Medieval Europe they were used in a variety of martial and court contexts, as evidenced by their appearance in numerous iconographic sources. They appear occasionally also in bas reliefs on cathedrals and in illuminations in liturgical texts.

NAKER, NAQUAIRE (Arab. nagara), the medieval name for the kettledrum, the earliest representation of which appears in the unique MS. known as the Vienna Genesis (5th or 6th century). The nacaire was, according to Froissart, among the instruments used at the triumphal entry of Edward III. into Calais.

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Naqareh, also known as Naqqara and Nagada, is a pair of Middle Eastern percussion instrument that has a rounded back and a head made out of a hide. The rounded section of this instrument is made out of baked clay. Meanwhile, its flat side is an animal skin fastened around using a string that is tightened over the back of the instrument.

Apr 6, 2024 · Instrument de musique militaire ancien, d'origine indienne, similaire à une paire de timbales, introduit en Occident durant les croisades. (XIIIe siècle) Et sembloit que foudre cheist [tombât] des ciex au bruit que les nacaires, les tabours et les cors sarrazinois menoient.

Instrument de musique militaire en usage chez les Sarrasins (auxquels il fut emprunté au retour des Croisades) et qui ressemblait, mais en plus petit, aux timbales de cavalerie.