Description: The Midjweh is a double cane reed aerophone that is found all over the Middle East, Egypt and through out North Africa. Playing the midjweh involves the right hand playing the finger holes on the first and second pipe. A set of good lungs and circular breathing would be benificial for playing the midjweh. The midjweh is usually accompanied by percussion for example a doumbek.

Arghul: The arghul is a similar pipe in construction and playing technique to the midjweh. Though confusion arrives when comparing the two. The main difference is is the arhgul has one playing tube and one drone tube. Both the arhgul and midjweh utilize reeds that are inserted fully into the mouth.

Anatomy of the Midjweh: Both of the tubes for the midjweh are constructed in three sections, the smallest tubes which have a singular reed carved into them from the same piece. Each tube has 6 playing holes. The reeds are constructed first, and then two insert-tubes are selected after selecting the reed playing tubes. The finger holes are cut into the tubes. Pitch covered nylon thread is then tied around the instrument in specific locations this is to keep the instrument together and so the reads don't fall off. The midjweh are found in many different sizes some reaching up to half a meter in length.