Mirwas

Unpitched percussion instrument

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Mirwas drum

The mirwās or marwas (Arabic: مرواس), plural marāwīs (Arabic: مراويس) is a small double-sided, high-pitched hand drum originally from the Middle East. It is a popular instrument in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf, used in sawt and fijiri music. It is also common in Kuwait and Yemen.

Hadhrami migrants from Yemen took the instrument to Muslim Southeast Asia (especially Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei), where it is used in Zapin and Gambus musical genres. A similar drum of this area is the Gendang.

The Marwas drums used to accompany Gambus music in Lampung, Indonesia often consist of four sizes with two skins of a diameter between 12-20 centimetres.[1] The skins are commonly made from goatskin and formerly black monkey skin and are laced with leather or plastic to a jackfruit-wood cylindrical body of around 8 to 10 centimetres in height.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Qanbus
* Zapin

## References[edit]

1. ^ Kartomi, Margaret (2012). Musical Journeys in Sumatra. Chicago and Springfield: Urbana. p. 174.
2. ^ Kartomi, Margaret (2012). Musical Journeys in Sumatra. Chicago and Springfield: Urbana. p. 174.

* Double-skinned (double-headed) drums \- Oman Centre for Traditional Music
* Traditional music in the Yemen \- The British-Yemeni Society
* Charles Capwell, 'Contemporary Manifestations of Yemeni-Derived Song and Dance in Indonesia', Yearbook for Traditional Music, Vol. 27, (1995), pp. 76–89
* Marwas - Musical instruments of Malaysia

## External links[edit]

* Youtube video - mirwas played

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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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Traditional musical instruments of Indonesia

Gamelan • Kulintang • Kolintang • Talempong • Totobuang

Aerophones|

* Akordeon
* Saluang
* Suling
* Kuriding

Chordophones|

* Cak
* Cekuntrung
* Cuk
* Gambus
* Hasapi
* Kacapi
* Kongahyan
* Rebab
* Sasando
* Sapeh

Idiophones|

* Agung
* Angklung
* Babendil
* Bonang
* Calung
* Gambang
* Gangsa
* Genggong
* Gendèr
* Gong
* Gong ageng
* Karinding
* Kecer
* Kemanak
* Kempul
* Kempyang and ketuk
* Kenong
* Kepyak
* Kubing
* Reyong
* Saron
* Siter
* Slenthem
* Slentho
* Tamborin
* Ugal

Membranophones|

* Bedug
* Gendang beleq
* Gordang sambilan
* Kendang
* Kompang
* Rebana
* Marawis

Related articles|

* List of gamelan instruments
* List of gamelan varieties

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List of traditional Malaysian musical instruments by classification

Gamelan • Ghazal • Kulintangan • Caklempong

Aerophones|

* Accordion
* Harmonium
* Nafiri
* Seruling
* Serunai
* Sompoton
* Turali

Chordophones|

* Biola
* Kreb
* Gambus
* Gitar
* Rebab
* Sapeh
* Sundatang
* Tongkungon
* Umbang

Idiophones|

* Agung
* Gong
* Kulintangan
* Togunggak

Membranophones|

* Gendang/Tontog
* Kompang/Rebana
* Marwas

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