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Common Instruments
Common Instruments
The objective of World Belly Dance Day is to celebrate and educate oriental music and dance. The following is a very basic information to begin your belly dance journey. Enjoy!
Here are nine common classical instruments played in traditional Middle Eastern music.
Many of these are still played today.
It is not uncommon for modern Middle Eastern music to incorporate modern or western instruments like the piano, guitar, violin, and accordion.
Oud
Plucked like a guitar
Riq
Played like a tambourine
Doumbek
Simple goblet type hand drum
Ney
Played like a flute
Rebab
Played with a bow, like a violin
Qanun
Plucked stringed instrument like a harp
Mizmar
Double reed horn that is played like a flute
Kemenche
Played with a bow like a cello
Zills/Zagat
Finger cymbals