The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #99281   Message #2679546
Posted By: Jack Campin
13-Jul-09 - 07:54 PM
Thread Name: How to play double reeds/Bombarde
Subject: RE: How to play double reeds/Bombarde
Mizmar is Arabic for zurna - I've never heard the word applied to anything but the full-sized ones. (Most good-quality mizmars in the Arab world these days are actually made in Turkey, so they'll have started life as zurnas).