Mizmar (instrument)

In Arabic music, a mizmār (; plural مَزَامِير mazāmīr) is any single or double reed wind instrument. In Egypt, the term "mizmar" usually refers to the conical shawm that is called "zurna" in Turkey and Armenia.
"Mizmar" is also a term used for a group of musicians, usually a duo or trio, that play a "mizmar" instrument along with an accompaniment of one or two double-sided bass drums, known in Arabic as "tabl baladi" or simply "tabl." 
Mizmars are usually played in Egypt at either weddings or as an accompaniment to belly dancers. In Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, and Syria, it is influenced by the Anatolian/Armenian "zurna," a higher-pitched version of the "mizmar", and may also be known in those countries as a "zamr" (زمر) or "zamour", as well as "mizmar". In Algeria a similar instrument is called "ghaita" or "rhaita" (غيطة). Along with belly dancing, the mizmar may accompany the dabke, a folkloric line dance done in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Iraq.