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Shami and Levantine Dialect
Arabic:
Mish Mow-jood (m)
English:
Is not there
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posted on: Nov 19, 2014
The Arabic instrument known as the “qanun” is a 72 string trapezoidal instrument and generally plays the melody or supports the voice of other melodic instruments in the Arab ensemble.