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  2. Arabic musical instruments - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of Qanun player in 1859, Jerusalem Traditional flute player from Iraqi folk troupe Mizwad, a type of bagpipes played mostly in Tunisia and Libya Mizmar ini Display the Riqq is one of the instruments used only in the Egyptian and Arabic music, and in most of its varieties Sagat in Khan El-Khalili, Cairo

  3. Seven-string guitar - Wikipedia

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    "The Guitar Player" by V.A. Tropinin (1823) The Russian guitar or gypsy guitar is a seven-string acoustic guitar tuned to the open G tuning (DGBDGBD), [5] which arrived or was developed early in the 19th century in Russia, possibly as a development of the cittern, the kobza and the torban.

  4. Qanun (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    The instrument also features special metallic levers or latches under each course called mandals. These small levers, which can be raised or lowered quickly by the performer while the instrument is being played, serve to slightly change the pitch of a particular course by altering effective string lengths. [4] Qanun performer in Jerusalem, 1859 ...

  5. Qanbūs - Wikipedia

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    String instrument; Other names: Gambus: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 321.321 (Necked-bowl lute, instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments), in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument, in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table ...

  6. Middle Eastern music - Wikipedia

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    Percussion instruments play a very important role in Middle Eastern music. The complex rhythms of this music are often played on many simple percussion instruments.The riq الرق (a type of tambourine) and finger cymbals add a higher rhythmic line to rhythm laid down with sticks, clappers, and other drums.

  7. Rebab - Wikipedia

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    Rebab (Arabic: ربابة, rabāba, variously spelled rebap, rubob, rebeb, rababa, rabeba, robab, rubab, rebob, etc) is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe. [1]

  8. Kendara - Wikipedia

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    The Kendarā ( Odia- କେନ୍ଦରା ) is a wooden string instrument. The kendara has one string and is most commonly played by drawing a bow across its string. [ 1 ] They are mostly played traditionally by jogi s, people who would go from door to door with a dried gourd container to keep rice, and a kendara to play while singing, and ...

  9. Balag - Wikipedia

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    [7] The precursor to the balag was the City Lament, a type of prayer that was recited when temples were destroyed and rebuilt. [7] The balag instrument was known to accompany the city lament. [7] Over time, as city laments became associated with scribal schools, the balag was adapted for many different ritual uses. [7]