much as they actually do in Egypt today

The proof for instruments played is all the more safely confirmed in the Old Kingdom when harps, woodwinds and twofold clarinets were played.[citation needed] Percussion instruments and lutes were added to ensembles by the Middle Kingdom. Cymbals every now and again went with music and dance ----

---- Egyptians in Medieval Cairo accepted that music worked out "too amazing an impact upon the interests, and driving men into mirth, dispersal and bad habit." However, Egyptians by and large were exceptionally enamored with music. However, as per E.W. Path, no "man of sense" could actually turn into a performer, music was a critical piece of society. Merchants of each occupation utilized music during work and schools showed the Quran by reciting.