Mar
08

identify musical instruments in mid-east music

By Carrie

Learn to identify and recognize by sound and sight several different musical instruments used commonly in the Middle East:

click each link for video demo…

accordion
bagpipe
bouzouki (mainly Greek)
buzuq (also in the saz family)
clarinet
cümbüş (mainly Turkish)
kawala – deeper sound than the ney but  related
keyboard
mizmar
ney
oud
Qanun
riq 
rebaba
sagat, zills
saz, 
tabla, darbuka or dumbek
tabl baladi
tar(bendir or duff)  
violin
zurna (mainly Turkish, related to the mizmar)

Great site reference to read descriptions:www.al-bab.com

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