Traditional Middle Eastern single-reed musical instrument
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Mijwiz
Mijwiz from Egypt
Woodwind instrument
Classification
single-reed aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
422.211.2 (single reed instrument with cylindrical bore and fingerholes)
The mijwiz (Arabic: مجوز, DIN: miǧwiz) is a traditional Middle East musical instrument popular in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.[1][2] Its name in Arabic means "dual," because of its consisting of two, short, bamboo pipes with reed tips put together, making the mijwiz a double-pipe, single-reed woodwind instrument.
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