The mijwiz (, DIN: miǧwiz) is a traditional SouthWest Asian musical instrument originating from the Levant( Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.)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.
The mijwiz (, DIN: miǧwiz) is a traditional SouthWest Asian musical instrument originating from the Levant( Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.)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.
==Background== The mijwiz consists of two pipes of equal length; each pipe has around five or six small holes for fingering. It requires a special playing technique known as "circular breathing," which is tricky but produces a continuous tone, without pausing to take a breath. The mijwiz is played in the Levant as an accompaniment to either belly dancing or dabke, the folkloric line dance of the Levant. Many popular folk songs either include the mijwiz on recordings, or include the instrument's name in the song's lyrics. One example is the famous Lebanese dabke song "Jeeb el Mijwiz ya Abboud" () by the singer Sabah.
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