Zummarah-bi-soan
The zummárah-bi-soan (or sumara-el-kurbe) is a type of small Egyptian double-chantered bagpipe made from a goatskin. An 1871 Western source noted that it is "sometimes, but rarely, seen in Egypt." The South Kensington museum also noted the term zouggarah as an Egyptian Arabic term for a bagpipe.
Also recorded as sumara-el-kurbe
Zummarah-bi-soan
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The zummárah-bi-soan (or sumara-el-kurbe) is a type of small Egyptian double-chantered bagpipe made from a goatskin. An 1871 Western source noted that it is "sometimes, but rarely, seen in Egypt." The South Kensington museum also noted the term zouggarah as an Egyptian Arabic term for a bagpipe.
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Zummarah-bi-soan is a musical instrument.
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- 1.Amnon Shiloah. Music in the World of Islam. Wayne State University Press. 162–. May 2003. 978-0-8143-2970-2.
- 2.Edward William Lane. An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians: written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28. J. Murrary. 74–. 1871.
- 3.South Kensington Museum. A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments in the South Kensington Museum. H.M.S.O. 214–. 1874.
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