- Simsimiyya
The "simsimiyya" (Arabic: سمسمية) is a traditional plucked
lyre used inEgypt andYemen .In Egypt it is traditionally used to accompany a dance called "bambutiyya", as well as among the musicians called "suhbagiyya", in the cities of
Port Said andIsmailiyya . [http://www.umbc.edu/MA/index/number7/stokes/simsi.htm]References
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*Shiloah, Amnon. "The Simsimiyya: A Stringed Instrument of the Red Sea Area." "Asian Music", vol. 4, no. 1, Near East-Turkestan Issue (1972), pp. 15-26.External links
* [http://levi.provincia.venezia.it/ma/index/number7/stokes/simsi.htm "Simsimiyya" page]
* [http://www.elhossenydance.com/simsimiyya.html "Simsimiyya" page]
* [http://www.nilecommerce.net/ar/Oriental_Musical_Instruments/semsemia_ar.htm "Simsimiyya" photos]Video
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_JNQJD6ocU "Simsimiyya" video]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1d2vmAWqyw "Simsimiyya" video]Listening
* [http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/trackdetail.aspx?itemid=10680 Audio sample]
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