Three instruments you didn’t know came from the Middle East The region has a rich musical heritage that includes inventing some of the world's most famous instruments ...

A few Egyptian craftsmen and composers are trying to save the oud – the instrument that is the basis of traditional Middle Eastern music.

A craftsman in the old Medina neighborhood of Tunis tries to keep alive the art of making the traditional oud — a guitar-like instrument. An oud is basically a Middle Eastern lute.

This post was updated May 14 at 4:45 p.m. The saz – a Middle Eastern instrument with a long, ornamented neck – gives voice to a lizard in a one-woman play.

What’s the quintessential musical instrument of the Middle East? Many of you might be quick to say it’s the drum, more specifically the darbouka or tabla.

Encouragement from the audience spurs the musician to improvise; throughout the 20th century, famous oud players like Farid al-Atrash played to boisterous crowds across the Middle East.

Additionally, viewers are introduced to the fusion of ancient and modern craftsmanship with the Pipa v3.0, blending Eastern musical traditions with electric guitar innovation.

Discovery Series: Middle East includes 25 characteristic percussion, melodic, and string instruments. It enables composers to create traditional soundscapes or add unique textures to contemporary ...

Archaeologists discover and replicate earliest musical instrument in the Middle East Tiny 12,000-year-old bone hunting flute likely used to attract birds of prey for Natufian settlements in Hula ...

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