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Arabic music (Arabic: الموسيقى العربية, romanized: al-mūsīqā l-ʿarabiyyah) is the music of the Arab world with all its diverse music styles and genres. Arabic countries have many rich and varied styles of music and also many linguistic dialects , with each country and region having their own traditional music .
The music of the United Arab Emirates stems from the Eastern Arabia music traditions.Distinctive dance songs from the area's fishermen are also well-known. Liwa (or leiwah / leywah) is a type of music and dance performed mainly in communities which contain descendants of Bantu peoples from the African Great Lakes region, and hybrid Afro-Arab rhythms such as the Sha'abi al-Emirati and Bandari ...
Ardah, a type of folkloric dance, is the most popular dance in Saudi Arabia, and also the national dance. [9] It is performed with two rows of men opposite of one another, each of whom may or may not be wielding a sword or cane, and is accompanied by drums and spoken poetry. [10] Najdi ardah is the most common variant of ardah in Saudi Arabia ...
Drawing of Qanun player in 1859, Jerusalem Traditional flute player from Iraqi folk troupe Mizwad, a type of bagpipes played mostly in Tunisia and Libya Mizmar ini Display the Riqq is one of the instruments used only in the Egyptian and Arabic music, and in most of its varieties Sagat in Khan El-Khalili, Cairo
A longa (Arabic: لونجا) is a Turkish / Eastern European dance, that was later introduced into Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah. It generally uses an iqa' equivalent to 2/4, with several sections called khanat (singular khana), each followed by a taslim . The last khana is generally in 3/4.
Samri (Arabic: سامري) is a folkloric bedouin music and dance that originated in Najd, Saudi Arabia. It involves singing poetry while the Daf drum is being played often while two rows of men, seated on the knees, sway and clap to the rhythm. Roughly 300 years old, samri is a style of festive music that was traditionally played late at night ...
Egyptians have Baladi people, Baladi bread, Baladi rhythms, Baladi music and Baladi dance. [27] [28] It is a folk/social form of bellydance. It is more stationary than raqs sharqi, with little use of the arms, and the focus is on hip movements. Baladi dance has a 'heavy' feeling, with the dancer appearing relaxed and strongly connected to the ...
Takht (alternatively spelled Takhat) is the representative musical ensemble, the orchestra, of Middle Eastern music.In Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, the ensemble consists of the oud, the qanun, the kamanjah (or now alternatively violin), the ney, the riq, and the darabukkah.