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For uses of Takht in contexts other than music see Takht.Takht (alternatively spelled Takhat) (Persian: تخت) is the representative musical ensemble the orchestra of Middle Eastern music. In Egypt Syria Lebanon Palestine and Jordan the ensemble consists of the oud the qanun the kamanjah (or now alternatively violin) the ney the riq and the darabukkah .