Ibrahim Maalouf plays a four-valve trumpet — most just have three. The extra valve, attached to the button a trumpeter pushes down, allows the Lebanese musician to play quarter-tones — the notes ...
In 2022, I embarked on learning to play two traditional drums used in the folk music of my hometown, Basra, in southern Iraq. One is known as the “khishba,” with its music termed “Khashaba,” and the ...
22 May 2007 Sales of traditional Arabian instruments are up by 25 per cent as market enjoys year-on-year growth The market in traditional Arabic musical instruments is booming, according to exhibitors ...
DUBAI, 24 May 2007 -- The market in traditional Arabic musical instruments is booming, according to exhibitors at PALME Middle East 2007, an event ongoing at the Dubai International Exhibition Centre ...