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Woodwind instrument | |
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Classification | single-reed aerophone |
Hornbostel–Sachs classification | 422.211.2 (single reed instrument with cylindrical bore and fingerholes) |
Related instruments | |
arghul, bülban, clarinet, diplica, dili tuiduk, dozaleh, cifte, launeddas, pilili, sipsi, zammara, zummara |
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.