List of Middle Eastern and North African folk 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.
- labyad - lakhal - lebtayt - praise song
Instrumentation = ardin
- daghumma - tbal - tidinit Other = iggawin
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....
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.
Middle East and North Africa
Music of Mauritania (includes Sahrawi music) Styles = al-bayda - epic - fagu - l'-gnaydiya - al-kahla - karrKARR
KARR may refer to:* John Mark Karr, former suspect in the JonBenét Ramsey murder case* Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr * KARR , a radio station licensed to Kirkland, Washington, United States...
- labyad - lakhal - lebtayt - praise song
Praise song
Contemporary worship music is a loosely defined genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has developed over the past sixty years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are frequently referred to as "praise songs" or "worship songs" and are typically led by a "worship...
Instrumentation = ardin
Ardin
Ardin is a commune in the Deux-Sèvres department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.-References:*...
- daghumma - tbal - tidinit Other = iggawin