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Algeria

[outside left] 

Gaspa (end-blown flute)
20th c.
Cane
...

Karkabat ? (...) [(metal castanet)]
...

[center] probably from Algeria (or possibly Morocco). 

Gunibri (plucked lute)
Mid-to-late 20th c.
Wood, goatskin, gut, mother-of-pearl
Ex René Grémaux Collection
T2009.150.7

[right] 

Ûd (placked lute)
Algeria, c.1940
Wood
Mohamed Nifre ?, maker
Formally owned and playe by Lo... A... ,
guitarist  for popular Algerian band Kal... K....

Qanun (placked zither)
20th c.
Wood, animal skin, metal, nylon ?

[outside right] 

Kamanja (fiddle)
20th c.
Maple, sprice, and ebony wood, metal

Tar (frame drum)
20th c.
Wood, ...

Rebab (bowed lute)
20<sip>th c.
Wood, animal skin, bone

Darbukka (goblet drum)
20th c.
Brass, animal skin

Urban Algerian music reveals its historical and current connections with Africa,
Europe, and the Mediterrancan region.

The most widely known Algerian
music is raï‎ , a popular form that uses
European and Algerian instruments and
rhythms. Raï originated in Algeria but
is popular in North Africa and Europe,
especially in France, where there are
large Algerian immigrant communities.

Arab Andalusian music, brought to
Algeria by fifteenth-century Muslim
and Jewish refugees, combines the
plucked ûd, bowed rebab and kamanja
(violin), qanun (plucked zither), and
tar and darbukko drums with group
singing of Arabic court poety.

The music of the Gnawa brotherhood
reflects its ancestry from sub-Saharan
and West African peoples, using tbel
drums, karkabat clappers, gaspa
flutes, and gunibri lutes to accompany
dancing for tourists and at private
purification and healing ceremonies.

I read about this place on Trip Adviser - it was the top rated attraction in Phoenix - and now we can see why! The museum is dedicated to musical instruments from around the world - the collection is fascinating, the exhibits are great and the hands-on displays were fun. We spent almost 5 hours here and still felt rushed - this place is definitely worth a detour.

I know nothing about musical instruments so if you happen to know what a particular instrument is, please feel free to comment on it. I tried to include as many labels as possible.

The museum is in Phoenix, AZ - we visited it in March 2014.

We read about the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) on Trip Advisor - it was the top rated attraction in Phoenix - and now we can see why! The museum is dedicated to musical instruments from around the world - the collection is fascinating, the exhibits are great and the hands-on displays were fun. We spent almost 5 hours here and still felt rushed - this place is definitely worth a detour.

I know nothing about musical instruments so if you happen to know what a particular instrument is, please feel free to comment on it. I tried to include as many labels as possible.

The museum is in Phoenix, AZ - we visited it in March 2014.

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Source Musical instruments on display at the MIM
Author Frank Kovalchek from Anchorage, Alaska, USA
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  • Stringed Instrument with Hand Drawing - MIM PHX (2011-04-09 17.23.09 by ksblack99).jpg (Genbri) and (Tbal)
    Stringed Instrument with Hand Drawing - MIM PHX (2011-04-09 17.23.09 by ksblack99).jpg

    (Genbri) and (Tbal)

  • Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14371987293).jpg (Genbri) and (G[anoun] ?)
    Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14371987293).jpg

    (Genbri) and (G[anoun] ?)

  • Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14165217620).jpg (Qanun)
    Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14165217620).jpg

    (Qanun)

  • Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14371990423).jpg (Qanun)
    Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14371990423).jpg

    (Qanun)

  • Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14165133299).jpg (Kanun)
    Musical instruments on display at the MIM (14165133299).jpg

    (Kanun)
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