In Egypt, the term mizmar usually refers to the conical shawm that is called zurna in Turkey and Armenia.

Mizmar is also a term used for a group of musicians, usually a duo or trio, that play a mizmar instrument along with an accompaniment of one or two double-sided bass drums, known in Arabic as tabl baladi or simply tabl.

At Egyptian weddings, the Mizmar Baldi is accompanied with a belly dancer to greet the bride and groom.

[1] In The Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, and Syria, it is influenced by the Anatolian/Armenian zurna, a higher-pitched version of the mizmar, and may also be known in those countries as a zamr (زمر)[2] or zamour, as well as mizmar.

In Algeria a similar instrument is called ghaita or rhaita (غيطة).