What types of music are popular in Egypt? Egyptian music is a big part of Egyptian culture since the ancient times. In ancient Egyptian people believe the god Thoth invented music. Which Osiris used as his effort to civilize the world. Some evidence of Egyptian musical instruments dates to the Predyanstic period, but the evidence is safely supported in the Old Kingdom when harps, flutes and double clarinets were played.Lyres and lutes were added to orchestras by the Middle Kingdom. Cymbals frequently went along with music and dance, much as they still do in Egypt today. Egyptian folk music are the closest existing music genre to ancient Egyptian music, having to create many of its features, rhythms and instruments. In general, modern Egyptian music mix these traditions with Turkish, Arabic, and Western elements. Egypt has twelve
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