Arghul

(: [ ʔarʁul ] IPA Arab أرغول, Argul DMG ) is a traditional Arabic wind instrument The Arghul. Its history dates back to the time of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. It is especially used in Egyptian folklore to accompany dances. In Palestine it means Yarghul / يرغول / yarġūl.

The Arghul is a single-reed instrument, more specifically a doubled pipe pipe with ideoglotten reeds. It has two parallel sound tubes, which are connected with waxed yarns. The shorter pipe tune called badan (body) and has five to seven finger holes. Depending on the type of hole different musical scales are possible, the range of the melody pipe is about an octave. It is not overblown. The longer Bordunrohr called ʾ arḍiyya ( basic). With the help of essays can change the length of Bordunrohrs, whereby various drones are possible. The Arghul is played with circular breathing.

There are three sizes of the instrument: the large ( ʾ Argul al - Kebir, melody pipe approximately to 45 inches; Bordunrohr to 55 centimeters, with essays to 1.5 meters or more), medium ( ʾ Argul as- suġayr, literally smaller A., melody pipe 30-35 inches; Bordunrohr 32-100 cm) and small Arghul ( ʾ al - ʾ Argul Asgar, literally the smallest A., Bordunrohr maximum 40 centimeters).

In contrast to the Arghul Midschwiz has two identical melody pipes that are played in unison. In Turkey, the name Arghul can also be used for Çifte. At Iranian and Kurdish forms of the instrument see Dozaleh.