Middle Eastern & North African Music
Middle Eastern and North African music is the umbrella term for the traditions of the Arab world, Turkey, Iran and the Maghreb, bound together by the maqam system of melodic modes, characteristic ornamentation and instruments including the oud, qanun, ney and goblet drum. It spans classical suites and tarab song, Maghrebi forms such as Algerian ra茂, Moroccan chaabi and gnawa ritual music, Persian art and folk repertoires, and the region's modern popular styles. Shared performance values, improvisation, gradual intensification and the ecstatic singer-audience exchange known as tarab, link court, caf茅, wedding and concert settings across a vast geography.