Mizmar (instrument)
_(7416610718).jpg) Egyptian Musicians playing the traditional mizmar (center), between ney flute and goblet drum. | |
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In
Arabic: مزمار; plural مَزَامِير mazāmīr) is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt, the term mizmar usually refers to the conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey and Armenia
.
Mizmar is also a term used for a group of musicians, usually a duo or trio, that play a mizmar instrument along with an accompaniment of one or two double-sided bass drums, known in Arabic as tabl baladi or simply tabl.
Mizmars are usually played in Egypt at either
Egyptian weddings, the Mizmar Baldi is accompanied with a belly dancer to greet the bride and groom.[1]
In
Palestinian Territories, and Syria, it is influenced by the Anatolian/Armenian zurna, a higher-pitched version of the mizmar, and may also be known in those countries as a zamr (زمر)[2] or zamour, as well as mizmar. In Algeria a similar instrument is called ghaita or rhaita (غيطة).[3] Along with belly dancing, the mizmar may accompany the dabke, a folkloric line dance done in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq
.
See also
- Mizmar (dance)
References
- ^ "The New Sound of Egyptian Wedding Rave Is Coming to London", vice.com
- ISBN 1402013248.
- ^ Brown, David. Oriental Oboes and Shawms larkinam.com
External links
- Mizmar. Dominik Photo Images of the making
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