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- A rhoptron ((Gr****: ρόπτρον), plural: rhoptra) was a buzzing drum used in Parthian music. According to Plutarch, the Parthian Empire used it made a frightening...
- Crotalum Epigonion Harp Kanonaki Lyre Pan flute (Syrinx) Pandura Phorminx Rhoptron Sambuca Salpinx Sistrum Psaltery Tambourine Trigonon Water organ (Hydraulis)...
- its typical shape, the rhombus. (Rhombos also sometimes referred to the rhoptron, a buzzing drum). In Britain and Ireland, the bullroarer—under a number...
- (music) Retrograde (music) Retrograde inversion Rhaita Rhapsody (music) Rhoptron Rhythm Rhythm in Arabic music Rhythm section Rhythmic gesture Rhythmic...
- Bowed Tambouras (similar to Byzantine Lyra), Šargija, Monochord, Sambuca, Rhoptron, Koudounia, perhaps the Lavta and other instruments used before the 4th...
- Rhodius Rhodope Rhodos Rhoecus Rhoeo Rhoiteion Rhombus formation Rhomos Rhoptron Rhynchus (Greece) Rhytium Rhyton Riace bronzes Rider Amphora Rider Painter...
- "wake the boys up before dawn by the sound of brazen instruments". The rhoptron drum is among the better known instruments of the Parthians. These large...