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Post by Blue on Apr 13, 2016 14:44:58 GMT
Here's a picture of someone playing a wind instrument in the Coptic Museum in Cairo.  |
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Post by Blue on Apr 13, 2016 14:48:27 GMT
Here's a Nubian playing the rebab/rababa or one-stringed fiddle.
Here's someone practicing something similar to a suona:
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Post by bsfloyd on Apr 14, 2016 10:22:07 GMT
Hello Blue - I'm a big fan of ancient Egyptian music. I gave a go at the Egyptian Nay but had a very hard time with the oblique embouchure style. Maybe one day I'll get it  |
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Post by Blue on Apr 17, 2016 9:51:09 GMT
Also encountered the ney in my journey in Turkey. Felt it was too long to carry back home and the embouchure looked bizarre compared to what I'm used to. Ended up purchasing a CD with Sufi and Ney music. Still curious what type of wind instrument that person was playing in that Coptic painting. Had too many Coptic art to go through, and didn't have time to go through the details of each. Very fortunate to have purchased a photo pass. There were a bunch of people in each section of the Coptic museum chiding "No photo," prompting me to show my pass everywhere. They all resigned to say "Ok, okay." The entrance to the museum was also creepy. There were soldiers and an armored vehicle outside, presumably mean to guard against sectarian violence. You can see other photos of my past journeys here www.flickr.com/photos/13760976@N06/albums |
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Post by bsfloyd on Apr 17, 2016 11:58:47 GMT
Wow, great experience! Egypt has long been must visit for me but I doubt I will ever get the opportunity. I can never get the wife on an airplane, lol.
I would still want to bet that the flute in the Cairo photo is some sort of Ney but it's hard to tell for sure. Egypt has its share of various wind instruments.
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