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Middle Eastern and North African music traditions

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This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments, and other related topics. The term folk music cannot be easily defined in a precise manner. It is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists, and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal, or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what constitutes a "folk music tradition". This list uses the same general categories used by mainstream, primarily English-language, scholarly sources, as determined by relevant statements of fact and the internal structure of works.

These traditions may coincide entirely, partially or not at all with geographic, political, linguistic, or cultural boundaries. Very few, if any, music scholars would claim that there are any folk music traditions that can be considered specific to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in varying degrees with each other.

References

Works cited

Ames, David W. (1971). "Instruments and their parts". Glossary of Hausa music and its social contexts. Evanston: Northwestern University Press. pp. 3–60. ISBN 978-0-8101-0361-0.
Karolyi, Otto (1998). Traditional African & Oriental Music. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-023107-2.
Kinney, Troy; West, Margaret (1935). The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life. Tudor Publishing.
Manuel, Peter (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505342-7.
Philip V. Bohlman; Bruno Nettl; Charles Capwell; Thomas Turino; Isabel K. F. Wong (1997). Excursions in World Music (Second ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-230632-8.
Fujie, Linda; James T. Koetting; David P. McAllester; David B. Reck; John M. Schechter; Mark Slobin; R. Anderson Sutton (1992). Jeff Todd Titan (ed.). Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples (Second ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-872602-2.
Şentürk, Onur (June 2020). "Karadeniz Kemençesinin Yunanistan'daki İcra Geleneği" [Traditional Playing of the Black Sea Fiddle in Greece]. Erdem (in Turkish) (78): 189–212. doi:10.32704/erdem.749159. ISSN 1010-867X.
Tsekouras, Ioannis (2016). Nostalgia, Emotionality, and Ethno-Regionalism in Pontic Parakathi Singing (PhD). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The Rough Guide to Music (various editions and volumes):

Chapters from Volume 2 of – Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; James McConnachie; Orla Duane, eds. (2000). Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 2. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. cited:
- Broughton, Simon (2000). "Georgia: A Feast of Songs". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 2. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 347–350.
- Doubleday, Veronica (2000). "Afghanistan: Red Light at the Crossroads". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 2. Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 3–7.
Chapters from Volume 1 of – Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; Richard Trillo, eds. (February 2000). Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1: Africa, Europe & The Middle East (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 413–716. ISBN 978-1-85828-635-8. cited:
- Badley, Bill (2000). "Gulf & Yemen: Sounds of the Arabian Peninsula". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 351–354.
- Badley, Bill; Jundi, Zein al- (2000). "Syria, Lebanon & the Levant: Europe Meets Asia". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 391–395.
- Bensignor, François (2000). "Niger: Sounds of Sahel". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 585–587.
- Cohen, Judith (2000). "Jewish Music — Sephardic: Ladino Romance". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 370–377.
- Graham, Ronnie (2000). "Nigeria: From Hausa to Highlife". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 588–600.
- Lodge, David; Badley, Bill (2000). "Egypt — Popular / Street Music: Cairo Hit Factory". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 338–346.
- Morgan, Andy (2000). "Algeria — Rai: Music Under Fire". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 413–424.
- Morgan, Andy; Mu'tasem, Adilah (2000). "Palestinian Music: The Sounds of Struggle". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 385–390.
- Muddyman, Dave (2000). "Morocco: A Basic Expression of Life". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 585–587.
- Muddyman, Dave; Trillo, Richard (2000). "Mauritania & Western Sahara: The Ways of the Moors". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 563–566.
- Skalla, Eva; Amiri, Jemima (2000). "Kurdish Music: Songs of the Stateless". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). pp. 378–384.
- Verney, Peter (2000). "Sudan: Yearning to Dance". Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1. With contributions by: Helen Jerome and Moawia Yassin (2nd ed.). pp. 672–680.
Nooshin, Laudan (2006). "Iran: The Art of Ornament". In Simon Broughton; Mark Ellingham; Jon Lusk (eds.). The Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East (3rd ed.). London; New York: Rough Guides; Dorling Kindersley. pp. 519–532. ISBN 978-1843535515.

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[7] Includes the music of Kabylie and the Tuareg; World Music Central Archived 2006-02-07 at the Wayback Machine

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Morgan 2000.

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Lodge & Badley 2000.

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Badley & Jundi 2000.

[FOOTNOTEKinneyWest1935207–208-4] [4]
Kinney & West 1935, pp. 207–208.

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Muddyman 2000.

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Bensignor 2000.

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Broughton 2000.

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Graham 2000.

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Ames 1971, pp. 18–22.

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Ames 1971, pp. 31–38.

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Nooshin 2006.

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Skalla & Amiri 2000.

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Badley 2000.

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Manuel 1988, p. 159.

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Muddyman & Trillo 2000.

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Morgan & Mu'tasem 2000.

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Manuel 1988, p. 196.

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Doubleday 2000.

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Tsekouras 2016.

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Şentürk 2020.

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Cohen 2000.

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Verney 2000.

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Country	Elements	Dance	Instrumentation	Other topics
Armenian	kef – folk – liturgical – Tashnakzootyoun	tamzara – kochari – religious	duduk – oud – dumbeg – saz – bouzouki – shvi
Algerian^[1]	medh – melhun – raï – zendani		gasha – mandole - rabab - guellal	berrah – cheikha – meddhahates – mehna – wa'adat
Assyrian	diwaneh – liliana – raweh		baglama – Çiftelia – davul – dhol – dutar – tambura – zurna – saz – watariyat
Bahraini	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Bedouin^[2]^[3]^[4]	zajal	fantasia	mijwis – mismar – yaghul
Berber^[1]^[5]^[6]^{[lower-alpha 1]}	amarg – ammussu – astara – ritual music – tabbayt	aberdag – ahidu – ahouach – ahwash	ajouag – bendir – ghaita – lotar (instrument) – nakous – ney – rabab – t'bel – tinde – viol	amydaz – imdyazn – laamt – rwai
Chleuh	See Berber	–	–	–
Coptic	See Egyptian	–	–	–
Djiboutian	balwo		bowl lyre – tanbura
Egyptian^[2]	Saiyidi – sawahili – wedding music	awalim	mismar saiyidi – nahrasan
Emirati	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Eritrean	folk – liturgical – popular		kebero – kobar – kraar – lyre – wata
Ethiopian	folk – liturgical – popular		begena – kebero – kraar – masenqo – sistrum – washint
Georgian^[7]	Georgian polyphony – krimanchuli – naduri – orovela – table song		accordion – changui – chonguri – chuniri – clarinet – duduk – panduri
Hausa^[8]	Hausa		Gummi – ganga (cylindrical drum, snared and double-membraned^[9]) – kakaki – darbuka – tapsnee – qloo – tambari (large, bowl-shaped drum^[10]) - goje - kalangu - Jaju umpho umpho (a flute)^{[clarification needed]}	^[specify]^{[further explanation needed]}^{[clarification needed]}
Iranian^[11]			daf – dohol – karnay – lute – ney – ney-anban – zurna
Israeli and diaspora Jewish	Klezmer – Sephardic music – Mizrahi music – Secular Jewish music	Israeli folk dancing – Horah –	lutes – oud
Kabyle	See Berber	–	–	–
Khaleeji	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Kuwaiti	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Kurdish^[11]^[12]	epic		Bloor – daf – dhol – doozela – duduk – kamanche – ney – oud – santur – shimshal – tabalak – tar – tenbur – zil – zurna	chirokbej – dengbêj – stranbej
Persian Gulf region^[13]	Khaleeji music – sawt (music)-tarab-Adani-shela	Ardha, dabkah	duff – teeran – nay – oud – rababa – merwass – tabla – binges – qanun
Lebanese^[14]		dabkah
Mauritanian	al-bayda – epic – fagu – l'-gnaydiya – al-kahla – karr – labyad – lakhal – lebtayt	dabkah	ardin – daghumma – tbal – tidinit	iggawin^[15]
Moroccan^[5]	takht	ait atta – ait Bodar – ait Bugemaz (ait bouguemaz) – taskiwin	aghanin – bendir – darbuka – duff – garagab – ghaita – gimbri – guedra – kamanjeh – kanum – nai – nakous – oud – rabab – taarija – tabl – tan-tan – tar	moussem
Nubian^[2]			duff
Omani	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Palestinian^[16]	dalauna – meyjana – Zaghareet – wedding music- Ataaba – Sahja – zajal	dabka	duff – mijwiz – nay – oud – rababa – shababi – tabla – yarghoul-oud-qanun	zajaleen
Pashtun^[17]^[18]	Afghan wedding music – kiliwali	chub bazi – atan	daireh – dhol – rubab – tanbur	landai
Persian	See Iranian	–	–	–
Pontic Greek^[19]^[20]	folk - acritic - call and response - parakathi	Pontic Greek folk dance, including serra, dipat, atsiapat, omal, etc.	lyra - daouli - touloum - zourna - kemane - oud
Qatari	See Persian Gulf region	–	–	–
Saudi Arabia	Qasida	Ardah – Mizmar – Daha	Oud – Rebab – Tar – Ney – Mizmar
Arabic, Islamic, Jewish music^[21]	cantica – copla – endechas – romance – Songs for Purim – wedding music		accordion – darabouka – kanun – oud – tambourine
Somali	balwo, qaraami, dhaanto		batar drum – oud
Sudanese Arab^[22]	haqiiba		oud – tambour
Tuareg	See Berber	–	–	–
Yemeni^[13]			oud	ghat

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