Alghoza was named as Al-joza (with ‘j’ sound not the ‘gh’ sounds) in early times in Mesopotamia. But the name was modified as it reached local areas, like Balochistan and Sindh. It began to be called Alghoza and was written with ‘gh’ and pronounced with the ‘ghaen’ sound.”
Alghoza is a wind instrument, which consists of two flute-shaped recorders; one of them produces high or heavy notes (sopranos) whereas the second generates thin or low notes (altos). Normally, the alghoza-nawaz (alghoza player) and music experts call the former a female sound and the latter a male sound.
The male sound or note continuously keeps playing with the same pitch without any gap, while the female sound or note fluctuates, varying in pitch. The male flute, with a fat nib at the top, is 2.5 feet long and the female flute, with a slender nib, is 1.5 feet in length. Each flute has six holes.