Arabic musical instruments

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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 Kanun, and mode of playing it, p. 577 in Thomson, 1859.jpg
Drawing of Qanun player in 1859, Jerusalem
Traditional flute player from Iraqi folk troupe Iraqi-fluteplayer.jpg
Traditional flute player from Iraqi folk troupe
Mizwad, a type of bagpipes played mostly in Tunisia and Libya Mezoued.gif
Mizwad, a type of bagpipes played mostly in Tunisia and Libya
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Mizmar ini Display
the Riqq is one of the instruments used only in the Egyptian and Arabic music, and in most of its varieties Riqq.jpg
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

Plucked lutes

Zithers

Bowed lutes

Lyres

Aerophones

Flutes

Reed instruments

Trumpets

Percussion instruments

Drums and frame drums

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Other percussion

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Terry; Williams, Sean (17 March 2011). The Garland Handbook of Southeast Asian Music. Routledge. p. 403. ISBN   978-1-135-90154-7 . Retrieved 1 November 2025.
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