Watch and listen 35 musical instruments form Middle East and Asia. Most of them you can hear them in belly dance music! 21 of them I’ve described in series that you can find by tag “musical instruments” 1.oud 2.buzuq 3.lavta 4.rabab 5.rababa 6.rebab 7.kamancheh 8.qanbus 9.tanbur 10.tar 11.sintir (gimbri) 12.kissar 13.simsimiyya 14.santur 15. qanun […]
SINTIR SINTIR or GUIMBRI (ar. سنتير) is an instrument with long neck and three strings, made of wood and covered with camel skin. We will hear it in the music of West Africa, especially in folk music of Gnawa people. They are using sintir for hypnotizing music during ceremonies dedicated to cure sick person. […]
MIZWAD MIZWAD (ar. مِزْود) is a single reed instrument from Tunisia. It’s used during parties, weddings and folk dances. It’s a kind of bagpipe made of sheepskin sack. Their sound is like sound of bagpipes coming from Scotland. Mizwad looks like musical instrument form Libya called zukra. Here you can see and listen to […]
HABBAN HABBAN (ar. هبان) is a double reed instrument from the Persian Gulf. It’s a kind of bagpipe made of goatskin sack. It sounds like bagpipes coming from Scotland. Here you can see and listen to habban music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZcVBg-15nk
RHAITA RHAITA (ar. غيطة) is a double reed instrument from northern Africa. It’s typical instrument in Morocco. This shawm is very similar to zurna or mizmar. It can be made of cedar wood. Here you can see and listen to rhaita music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ON55MJ55pY
TANBUR TANBUR, TAMBUR or TANBOURA is type of a long-necked, string instrument. It’s used in folk music of Iran, Turkey, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan. There are three most known types: Turkish, Iranian and Afghan. Here you can see and listen to tanbur music: www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8-7WKu9UwI
SIMSIMIYYA SIMSIMIYYA (arab. سمسمية) is type of a lyre popular in Egypt, Yemen and Jordan (it looks a bit like a kissar). We can hear this instrument in a traditional Bedouin music as well as in the urban folklore – from the Egyptian cities of Port Said and Ismailiyya. Simsimiyya is also one of the […]
ZURNA ZURNA is a woodwind instrument and is similar to the mizmar. The name comes from from Persian word sunray (سرنای). It has seven holes and can measure from 30cm to 60cm. It is played during weddings and family ceremonies, folk dances. Zurnas are used in the folk music in Turkey, Iran, Israel, Azerbaijan, Greece, , […]
KAVAL Kaval , is an end-blown flute made of wood or water buffalo horn. Kaval is fully open at both ends and has 8 playing holes (or sometimes more). We can hear it in music of Turkey, Greece, Macedonia, Albania, Azerbaijan. Kaval is similar to Persian flute – nay. Here you can see and […]
MIJWIZ MIJWIZ (ar. مجوز) is a musical instrument made of bamboo reed. It consists of two pipes of the same length, each one with five or six holes for fingers. Playing on this instrument, a musician inhales and exhales air through the mijwiz, making this way uninterrupted sound. Mijwiz is very popular in Egypt (especially […]