Sorna: is a musical instrument of the wind family, with a reed for generating the voice and a tubular body with fingerholes like in a flute. The body is of a progressively opening type. It is the same instrument more or less as sunay in china, shenay in India, zorna in Greece, zurla in Yugoslavia, bombarde in France, zokra in Tunis, ghaytah or raita in Morocco mizmar in Egypt, and zamr in Lebanon and Iraq. Bagpipes are related to Sorna, except that Sorna has no bag and the players use their cheeks instead of the bag. Clarinet and Saxophone are related to Sorna, except that these use flat reeds. Obo/Hautbois is also related but has a slightly different reed. Obo has two reeds leaned against each other.
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