The Ney (also nai, nye, nay) is an end-blown flute _like wind instrument . It is one of the oldest musical instruments still in use. It is a forerunner of the modern flute.
This website is devoted to the Egyptian (Arabic) Ney which will be the focus of all our future discussions.

There are hardly any materials available about this four thousand years old instrument.

The Ney considered to be one of the most difficult Middle Eastern musical instruments and the most charming one (in my opinion).

I studied the nay in Egypt (my home country) and I have the chance to meet with many professional Nay players and makers, we discussed some of the challenges that face both the players and the makers And we conclude the importance of information sharing as a very important tool for progress.

Then I moved to the California where the greatest of all Ney players lives, the humble Nay magician Dr.A.J. Racy.
Dr.Racy is the Head of the Ethnomusicology Department at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles).
He has a deep understanding about not only the ney and Middle Eastern music but the world music.
I studied his method and I was amazed the amount of knowledge and the way he treated the problems associated with the Ney playing techniques.
Dr.Racy developed an accurate, practical and easy to apply method I will call it Racy method.

He inspired me to construct this website to share with the world the secrets of this
Magical instrument.

I will try to make it simple as much as I can with photo illustrations.

I hope Racy method will help fill in some gabs and encourage more to play and to improve.

Sincerely moheb