Arabic musical instruments
Arabic musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: string instruments (chordophones), wind instruments (aerophones), and percussion instruments. They evolved from ancient civilizations in the region.
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Drawing of Qanun player in 1859, Jerusalem
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Traditional flute player from Iraqi folk troupe
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Mizmar ini Display
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the Riqq is one of the instruments used only in the Egyptian and Arabic music, and in most of its varieties
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Sagat in Khan El-Khalili, Cairo
Chordophones
Zithers
Bowed lutes
- Jawzah
- Ghuanbri
- Kamancheh
Lyres
- Simsimiyah
- Kisar
- Tamburah
- Jewish Lyre
Aerophones
Percussion instruments
Drums and frame drums
- Riq
- Daf
- Bendir
- Dumbaki
- Duhulah
- Drinjah
- Bass Drinjah
- Khishbah
- Kasurah
- Tabl Tsjikangha
- Tabl Masanduw
- Tabl Bib
- Taarijah
- Tar
- Tar Barashim (Shake Tar)
- Tar Mirjaf (Low Tar)
- Tar Saghul (High Tar)
- Katim
- Mirwas
- Zir (Naqarah)
- Qas'ah
- Tbilat
- Tabl Bahri (Khamari & Laauwb)
- Tabl Hajir (Khamari & Laauwb)
- Tabl Nasayfi (Khamari & Laauwb)
- Al Ras
- Mazhar
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