Arabic music
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Arabic music (Arabic,موسيقى عربية, includes several genres and styles of music ranging from Arab classical to Arabic pop music and from secular to sacred music to arabic rock.
Arabic music has a long history of interaction with many other regional musical styles and genres. It is an amalgam of the music of the Arabs in the Arabian Peninsula and the music of all the peoples that make the Arab homeland (world) today. It also influenced and has been influenced by Ancient Greek, Persian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Indian, North African music (i.e. Berber), African music (i.e. Swahili), and European music (i.e. Flamenco). As was the case in other artistic and scientific fields, Arabs translated and developed Greek texts and works of music and mastered the musical theory of the Greeks (i.e. Systema ametabolon, enharmonium, chromatikon, diatonon). Such inter-influences can often be traced in language; for example, the word Shî'ir (poetry in Arabic) bears much similarity to its equivalents in other Semitic languages (such as Shûr in Aramaic and Shîr in Hebrew), and Shîro in Babylonian. Afar music is similar to the music of Ethiopia with elements of Arab music. The Somali oral traditions include an array of poetry and proverbs, much of it devoted to the lives of Sufi saints. Afar oral literature is more musical, and comes in many varieties, including songs for weddings, war, praise and boasting.
See also
- Arabic poetry
- Byzantine music
- Durood
- Hamd
- Islamic music
- Islamic poetry
- Mawlid
- Mehfil
- Middle Eastern music
- Music of Africa
- Music of Asia
- Music of Southeastern Europe
- Na'at
- Nasheed
- Pizmonim
- Sufi music
- Sufi poetry
- Sufism
- History of Sufism
- Arabic Oud House
