Jirba

The jirba (Arabic: قربة (also spelled جربة; also transliterated dzirba, girba) is a traditional folk instrument from Bahrain and Kuwait. It is a droneless, double-reeded, single-chantered bagpipe, played particularly by ethnic Iranians, as well as on the Kuwaiti island of Faylaka. The bag is usually made from the skin of a goat, and filled with air via the mouth. The lower part of the bag is attached to a wooden flute like instrument which has either 4 or 6 holes. The two reeds are positioned side by side which produce a harmonious double note.

## See also

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* Habban
* Ney anban

## Sources

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* "The art of the "jirbah" (in Arabic)

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Traditional Arabic musical instruments

Plucked lutes|

* Buzuq
* Kwitra
* Lavta
* Mandole
* Oud
* Qanbūs
* Sintir

Zithers|

* Qanun

Bowed lutes|

* Kamanjah
* Rababa

Lyres|

* Kissar
* Simsimiyya
* Tanbūra

Flutes|

* Kawala
* Ney

Reed instruments|

* Arghul
* Habbān
* Jirba
* Mijwiz
* Mizmar
* Mizwad
* Rhaita
* Salamiyyah (flute)
* Zukra

Drums|

* Al-ras
* Bendir
* Daf
* Duhulla
* Goblet drum
* Hajir
* Maktoum
* Mazhar
* Mirwas
* Naqara
* Naqareh
* Riq
* Tar
* Taarija
* Tabl baladi
* Tbilat

Other percussion|

* Clapping (kaff)
* Krakebs
* Manjur
* Mihbaj
* Sagat (zills)
* Sistrum

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