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	Saleeby-Saliba Association of Families : Arabic Music
		Usually made of earthenware or metal, it is placed either under the left arm or between the legs and struck in the middle for the strong beats and on the edge for the sharp in-between beats.
		The mijwiz, which literally means 'dual' in Arabic, is a type of double reed clarinet popular in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
		Similar to the mijwiz is the minjayrah, an open-ended small reed flute played in the same manner, popular among the mountain villagers of Lebanon.
	www.saleeby-saliba.org /music.htm (689 words)

	Mijwiz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The mijwiz is a traditional musical instrument of ancient Egypt and the Levant.
		The mijwiz consists of two pipes of equal length, between 6 and 8 centimeters; each pipe has around five or six small holes for fingering.
		The mijwiz is played in Egypt and the Levant as an accompaniment to either belly dancing or dabke, the folkloric line dance of the Levant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mijwiz (204 words)

	Mijwiz
		The mijwiz is one of the oldest wind instruments, with counterparts in antiquity.
		The mijwiz consists of two identical cylindrical cane pipes bound together with a tar or beeswax coated string.
		In folk communities of the Near East, the nasal sound of the mijwiz has distinct rustic connotations and an almost magical effect upon the listeners.
	www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu /ensembles/worldmusic/neareast/Mijwiz.htm (186 words)

	---»the raijin admirer«--- instrument encyclopaedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is one of the "reedpipes" referred to in the Bible, and depictions of the midjweh are found on the walls of the Egyptian funeral chambers.
		The mijwiz, which literally means 'dual' in Arabic, is a type of double reed clarinet popular in Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.
		Similar to the mijwiz is the minjayrah, an open-ended small reed flute played in the same manner, popular among the mountain villagers of Lebanon.
	www.kaminari-sama.com /k-raijin_(instrument_encyclopedia-M).htm (2213 words)

	Mijwiz Information
		The mijwiz is a traditional musical instrument of ancient Egypt and the Levant.
		The mijwiz consists of two pipes of equal length, between 6 and 8 centimeters; each pipe has around five or six small holes for fingering.
		The mijwiz is played in Egypt and the Levant as an accompaniment to either belly dancing or dabke, the folkloric line dance of the Levant.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Mijwiz (172 words)

	Arghul - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Its tone is similar to that of a clarinet, although a bit reedier.
		Unlike the similar mijwiz, the arghul only has fingering holes on one of the instrument's pipes, and the drone pipe has a detachable length that allows the player to alter the pitch of the drone.
		Arghuls are played in Egypt and other Arab nations as an accompaniment to belly dancing and other types of Arabic musical performances.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arghul (209 words)

	Melissa the Loud
		And/or, push the deeper-sounding reed a little further into the body of the mijwiz to make it shorter, but be very careful not to use much pressure, or you could crack the reed or the body.
		The average cheap mijwiz is in the key of stick, and I don't know where to get better ones.
		Mine is actually close to the maqam rast, which is sort of like a major scale, but has a neutral third (halfway between a major and a minor third), and so sounds strange to western ears, but it is a useful maqam for many tunes.
	www.melissatheloud.com /mijwiz.html (1271 words)

	YouTube - Mijwiz - Bellydance - Zills and Cane
		YouTube - Mijwiz - Bellydance - Zills and Cane
		Mijwiz (Rhonda on Cane, April on Zills) ~ (more)
		Mijwiz (Rhonda on Cane, April on Zills) ~ (less)
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=yea9tlQPBGg (285 words)

	Tribalation
		In a radical departure from the group's other two CDs of belly dance music, their newest offering is heavy on the drums, mijwiz and zurna often found in music of the tribal genre.
		Strong drums and mijwiz open the piece with an upbeat 2/4 rhythm, which segues into a slow chifti telli section featuring the twangy string sound of the yuemba.
		This instrument was invented by band member John Marzicola and is a kind of cross between a birimbau, rebaba and shakers.
	www.bellydancestore.net /tribalation.html (896 words)

	Pantelis Vassilakis - Papers - Roughness and tension/release profiles (Site not responding. Last check: )
		An improvisation on the Middle-Eastern mijwiz; auditory roughness profiles and tension/release patterns.
		For the present study, an application was created that uses the aforementioned model to estimate the roughness of natural signals with arbitrary spectra, as well as roughness profiles of short musical pieces.
		The application was used to examine if and how the pattern of tension and release within a stylized improvisation on the Middle Eastern mijwiz (double clarinet) relates to roughness changes.
	www.acousticslab.com /papers/ASA149.htm (256 words)

	Tribalation! CD Review by Sabine
		In a radical departure from the group’s other two CDs of belly dance music, their newest offering is heavy on the drums, mijwiz and zurna often found in music of the tribal genre.
		Strong drums and mijwiz open the piece with an upbeat 2/4 rhythm, which segues into a slow chifti telli section featuring the twangy string sound of the yuemba.
		This instrument was invented by band member John Marzicola and is a kind of cross between a birimbau, rebaba and shakers.
	www.americanistan.com /id76.html (924 words)

	Melissa the Loud - Music
		In doing so, I have inspired three people to buy a xaphoon, two people to buy a cumbus, two people to buy a hurdy gurdy, and one to buy a mijwiz, and that's only counting the ones who told me so personally afterwards.
		Mijwiz: A very old instrument (similar to those used by ancient Greeks and Egyptians) with single reeds.
		For information on how to play the mijwiz, see my mijwiz page.
	www.melissatheloud.com /music.html (936 words)

	Roughness profiles and tension/release patterns - Pantelis N. Vassilakis - 149th ASA/CAA meeting - 2005
		In many such cases, the increased importance of auditory roughness as a sonic and sonic-organization device is accompanied by a decrease in the importance of other relevant devices.
		For example, the Middle Eastern mijwiz (two paired single-reed pipes) is constructed and performed in ways that limit the possibilities for extensive exploration of dynamic, pitch, tonal, and timbral (other than roughness) contrasts.
		As a result, when Western raised/trained listeners are confronted with a musical piece such as the one used in the present study, they continue to employ their familiar strategies to parse the incoming sound, reaching an interpretation that differs from the composer’s / performer’s expressive intent.
	www.aip.org /149th/Vassilakis.html (1151 words)

	Fairuz - Musical Instruments
		In the hands of a good performer, the sounds produced by the mijwiz may very well reflect the musical dialogue between two moods.
		Similar to the mijwiz is the minjayrah, an open-ended small reed flute played in the same manner, popular among the mo tain villagers of Lebanon.
		However, this instrument may be looked upon as a larger and deeper-toned relative of the Turkish saz, to which it could be compared in the same way as the viola to the violin in Western music.
	almashriq.hiof.no /lebanon/700/780/fairuz/legend/instruments.html (917 words)

	Arabic Musical Instruments - Rhythm n Raga.org
		The mijwiz, which means 'dual' in Arabic, is a type of double
		Similar to the mijwiz is the minjayrah, an open-ended small reed flute played in the same manner.
		The word buzuq comes from the Turk's, buzuk means 'burnt head' or 'uprooted.' This is a hybrid instrument that is not classified among the classical instruments of Arab music nor among those of Turkish.
	www.rhythmnraga.org /arabicinstruments.html (847 words)

	Dabke
		An old man enters the scene carrying a derbake (a small drum made of a clay cylinder and stretched goat skin), followed by couple of other men with their nay and mijwiz (the nay is a single long bamboo flute and the mijwiz is a short double barreled high pitched flute).
		Then this opens way to improvised singing; a woman enters the scene with a jug balanced on her head and is joined by others, as if competing.
		A derbake, nay and a mijwiz were added in order to keep the men going in the cold weather (it helped stimulate the blood pressure to produce more energy).
	www.sourat.com /dabke.htm (742 words)

	Arab music: instruments
		Iraq: a twin-tube instrument similar to the mijwiz.
		Normally three are played together, accompanied by a large double-sided drum (tabl).
		Palestine: similar in principle to the mijwiz, but only one of its tubes has holes; the other, which is longer, is used to produce an accompanying drone.
	www.al-bab.com /arab/music/instruments.htm (853 words)

	Pantelis Vassilakis - Papers - Auditory roughness and musical tension profiles
		Within the Western art musical tradition, such devices include contrasts in terms of pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tonal center, orchestration, performance technique, sensory dissonance (auditory roughness), etc. Performance practices outside the Western art musical tradition place increased importance on roughness for communicating expressive intent, often accompanied by a decrease in the importance of other relevant devices.
		For example, the Middle-Eastern mijwiz (double clarinet) is constructed and performed in ways that limit the possibilities for most sonic contrasts, relying mainly on the exploration of narrow harmonic intervals and their corresponding rough sounds.
		We estimated the roughness time-profile of a recorded, stylized improvisation on the mijwiz using SRA (Vassilakis; http://www.acousticslab.com/roughness), a custom, online roughness analysis application that incorporates a previously-tested roughness estimation model [Vassilakis, P.N. "Auditory roughness as a means of musical expression," Selected Reports in Ethnomusicology 12: 119-144].
	www.acousticslab.org /papers/ICMPC9b.htm (430 words)

	Arab Music - Page 66
		The zummarah is comparable to the Lebanese mijwiz, while the arghul resembles the Palestinian yarghul.
		Used mostly to accompany songs, this instrument is common in Southern Algeria and the Oasis area of Tunisia.
		A North African single-reed instrument comparable to the Levantine mijwiz, but equipped with two horn bells, in the maqrunah, which is commonly played in Libya and Tunisia.
	trumpet.sdsu.edu /M151/Arab_Music2e.html (513 words)

	Musical Instruments
		Another essential wind instrument is the double-clarinet type, the Mitbiq in Iraq and the Mijwiz المجوز, literally "doubled," in Lebanon and its vicinity.
		Unlike flute types, the Mijwiz and other double clarinet types are played by a process known as "circular breathing," which allows the performer to produce a continuous non-interrupted sound.
		Comparable in blowing technique and construction is the Palestinian Yarghul, which has, instead of two melody tubes, one melody tube and a longer tube without holes, used for producing a sustained accompanying sound or drone.
	www.classicalarabicmusic.com /instruments.htm (2110 words)

	Wind Instruments World Musical Instruments Wind instruments are technically known as aerophones. Wind instruments ...
		The hunting horn is a type of bugle.
		Mijwiz, Arabic for dual, is a double-pipe, single-reed instrument (sometimes referred to as a double-clarinet) popular in Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
		The mijwiz is one of the oldest wind instruments.
	www.worldmusicalinstruments.com /windmusicalinstruments.asp (1370 words)

	Domari - Music
		The musicians use technique of "circular breathing" to produce continuous sound: air is inspired through the nose while the cheeks are used as an air reservoir.
		Comparable in blowing technique and construction to mijwiz arghoul has, instead of two, one melodical pipe and a longer pipe without holes, used for producing a sustained accompanying sound or drone.
		This is one of the oldest wind instruments, dating back to the 5th and 6th Egyptian dynasties.
	www.geocities.com /domarisociety/music.htm (1038 words)

	The kawala, the mijwiz, the tablah: Lloyd International Honors college Arab Music Concert - Arts & Entertainment
		The two-hour concert included a two-part show with introductions and information about the instruments and a variety of Arabic songs, some dating back to the Ottoman Empire, while others were original creations of the performers themselves.
		Racy, who is considered a master of traditional instruments, played six different instruments throughout the show, including the kawala, an Egyptian reed flute; the mijwiz, a double pipe; and the rababah, an upright fiddle.
		Kaspar played from a range of four percussion instruments, including the tablah, an Arab goblet drum; the riqq, a small tambourine; and the tabl baladi, a large double sided drum.
	media.www.carolinianonline.com /media/storage/paper301/news/2007/05/01/ArtsEntertainment/The-Kawala.The.Mijwiz.The.Tablah.Lloyd.International.Honors.College.Arab.Music.C-2894623.shtml (568 words)

	Der Sackpfeyffer zu Linden - Mijwiz
		The mijwiz (midwiz, minjayrah) is a single-reed wood-wind instrument with two cylindrical bored tubes of same length.
		The 5-8 (sometimes more) large fingerholes of each tube are placed in pairs.
		The arghoul (argul, arroul) looks like the mijwiz in sound and construction, but it has one tube with 5-8 (sometimes more) large fingerholes and one drone without fingerholes that often consists of several segments.
	www.sackpfeyffer-zu-linden.de /mijwiz_en.html (328 words)

	Instruments of Temur Khanlar
		Zurna and Mizmar - These are the very loud shawms many people think of when you mention Middle Eastern music.
		Mijwiz and Sipsi - Types of simple folk clarinets.
		Darabukkah - The goblet drum of the Near and Middle East - also called dumbek, doumbec, deblek and tablah.
	www.temurkhanlar.com /instruments.htm (222 words)

	World Music Central - Your connection to World Music
		About a year ago, I bought a mijwiz from Lark in the Morning.
		I know that one must play the mijwiz with a "circular breathing" technique.
		I puff my cheeks with air, but it only takes half a second for all the air to escape; whenever I try to refill my cheeks using air from my lungs, the sound has already expired.
	www.worldmusiccentral.org /forum/viewtopic.php?showtopic=1061 (252 words)

	TimnaTal Music archives (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Three octaves may be reached by a master musician.
		Common names – Mizwij, Jifti, Mitbej, Mijwiz, Zurna.
		Arghull – A double pipe flute of two pipes of different length.
	www.timnatalmusic.com /articles.htm (1243 words)

	Insha Allah, this history and description of the Ghawazee dance of Egypt will be the first of a two-part article ...
		In recent times, the word ghawazee refers to any dancers who perform at outdoor events, such as lower class weddings and religious festivals.
		Ancient musical instruments like the mijwiz and rebab, depicted on the walls of Egyptian tombs, are still played by nawar musicians.
		The Roman author Martial's descriptions of the "rapid and vigorous hip movements" of the Gadetani dancers of Spain resemble the unsophisticated but not uncomplicated shimmies of Khaireeya Maazin, one of the last ghawazee performing in southern (or upper) Egypt.
	www.havenonline.com /moas/northstar/vol1no1/Gwazcoat.htm (1825 words)

	Nick Castro - Further From Grace CD (SAAH030)
		Beaming warmly from the underground enclaves of Los Angeles, CA like a lambent ray of soft sunlight, the music of Nick Castro is breathing fresh life and pristine wonderment into an old sound.
		Instrumentation is lush and exotic, but in the hands of Nick Castro and The Poison Tree, otherwise disparate implements such as flugelhorn, lap dulcimer and mijwiz are deftly melded into a pan-cultural elixir comprised of American and British folk traditions, classical balladry and Middle Eastern.
		Masterful songwriting, ornamented by Castro's ardent vocals and dreamlike lyrics, are relieved by hypnotic and utterly stoned instrumental passages.
	www.strange-attractors.com /catalog/saah030.html (506 words)

	Der Sackpfeyffer zu Linden
		Music played on the Great Highland Bagpipe, the worldwide known Scottish bagpipe; chiefly tunes from Scotland and Brittany, but some tunes of other origins too; or a mixed program played on four different bagpipes.
		Bagpipes (Marktsackpfeife, Schäferpfeife, Great Highland Bagpipe, Hümmelchen), shawm (soprano), rauschpfeiff (soprano), zurna, crumhorns (alto, bass), sipsi, mijwiz, recorders (garklein, soprano, alto, tenor), natural fanfare, mandolin, violin, saxophone (alto),accordion, percussion and voice.
		Do you wish a musicial backround for your party, your trip or your banquet?
	www.sackpfeyffer-zu-linden.de /home_en.html (189 words)

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