Arabic musical instruments
Ancient musical instrument
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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Chordophones
Plucked lutes
- Oud
- Qanbūs
- Buzuq
- Awtar
- Lutar
- Sintir
Zithers
- Qanun
- Iraqi Santur
Bowed lutes
- Jawzah
- Ghuanbri
- Kamancheh
- Rababa
- Pontic lyra
Lyres
- Simsimiyya
- Kissar
- Tanbūra
- Jewish Lyre
Aerophones
Flutes
Reed instruments
- Mizmar
- Khalul (Gulfian Mizmar)
- Ghayta
- Arghul
- Zumarah bi suwan
- Maqrunah
- Mijwiz
- Haban (Gulfian Bagpipe)
- Jirbah (East Tunisian Bagpipe)
- Mizwad (West Tunisian Bagpipe)
- Zughra (Moroccan Bagpipe)
- Saksifun (Arabic Saxophone)
Trumpets
- Nafir
Percussion instruments
Drums and frame drums
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- Riq
- Daf
- Bendir
- Dumbaki
- Duhulah
- Drinjah
- Bass Drinjah
- Khishbah
- Kasurah
- Tabl Tsjikangha
- Tabl Masanduw
- Tabl Bib
- Taarija
- 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