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  Moroccan music
Andalusian music is characterised by a complicated musical structure.
music is essentially the Andalusian music of the 10th to 15th centuries.
It is extremely complicated in musical structure, and its lyrics are characterised by the strict use of the Andalusian dialect or classical Arabic.
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  Berber music - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Their music is widely varying across the area they inhabit, but is best known for its place in Moroccan music, the popular Kabylian music of Algeria and the widespread Tuareg music of Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali.
Traditional Kabylian music consists of vocalists accompanied by a rhythm section, consisting of t'bel (tambourine) and bendir (frame drum), and a melody section, consisting of a ghaita (bagpipe) and ajouag (flute).
Their traditional music uses rhythms and vocal styles similar to the music of other Berbers and Arab music, while West African call-and-response-style singing is also common.
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 Berber Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Berber populations show varying degrees of biological affinity with Europeans, Middle Easterners and sub-Saharan Africans.Those who inhabit the northern Maghrib and most of the AtlasMountains are typically light brown to pallid in complexion, with a high frequency of blond and red hair and green and blue eyes relative to the region as a whole.
Broadly thereare three groups of definitions: those that define music as an external fact, for example "organized sound", those that label itas a social construction, and those that seek a platonic or quasi-platonic ideal of music which is not rooted in specificallyphysical or mental terms.
The definition of music as sound with particular characteristics is taken as a given by psycho-accoustics, and is a common one in musicology and performance.
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 Encyclopedia: Berber music
Their traditional music uses rhythms and vocal styles similar to the music of other Berbers and Arab music, while West African call-and-response -style singing is also common.
Sufi brotherhoods (tarikas) are common in Morocco, and music is an integral part of their spiritual tradition, in contrast to most other forms of Islam, which do not use music.
There are three varieties of Berber folk music: village and ritual music, and the music performed by professional musicians.
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 Berber music: Afropop Style -- Algeria, Morocco, Mali, North Africa, West Africa
Amid the international celebrity of Arabic, north African rai, it's important not to overlook the contemporary music of the region's original inhabitants, the Berbers.
Faced with severe cultural hostility on the part Arabized governments, Berber artists battle heavy odds, but the soulful truths of these and many other struggles survive in their beautiful music.
Dedicated to African music and the music of the African Diaspora
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 Bella Roma Music
Wedding songs are among the oldest music in all cultures.
In this photo from the early 1960's in the city of Algiers, an itinerant band of musicians is appearing at an open air festival.
Although music may take place at a celebration after the wedding, In the older Kabylia Berber style, the women of the community handle the older household music preparations beforehand.
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 FOCUS on MOROCCO - Music
lassical music in the moroccan sense is the Andalusian music of the tenth to fifteenth centuries.
lt is extremely complicated in musical structure, and its lyrics are characterized by the strict use of the Andalusian dialect or classical Arabic and by the construction of verse in the style of classical poetry.
Since independence the Association of Andalusian Music in Casablanca has attempted to preserve examples of this music, collecting and writing down the melodies and words, which have been transmitted largely by ear.
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 Berber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
There are between 14 and 25 million speakers of Berber languages in North Africa (see population estimation), principally concentrated in Morocco and Algeria but with smaller communities as far east as Egypt and as far south as Burkina Faso.
Their languages, the Berber languages, form a branch of the Afroasiatic linguistic family comprising many closely related varieties, including Taqbaylit and Tashelhiyt, with a total of roughly 14-25 million speakers.
A frequently used generic name for all berber languages is Tamazight, not to be confused with the language found in the High and Middle Atlas.
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 Arab Music - Part Four
Instrumental music plays a prominent role, and larger ensembles of melody and percussion instruments are typical.
In Moroccan Berber music of the Atlas Mountains, a number of snare frame-drums, or bandirs, may be played simultaneously.
Viewed in their great variety, Arab musical instruments are a living testimony to Arab history, musical and visual aesthetics, and the social and cultural facets of a rich and complex society.
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 Amazon.com: Berber: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Berber Music From The High Atlas And The Anti-Atlas [Morocco] by Various Artists - International - Middle East/Northern Africa (Audio CD - 1996)
Berber Music by Maurizio Giammarco Quartet (Audio CD - 1999) - Live
Berber Music by Musiciens De L'atlas (Audio CD - 1999) - Live
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 Guardian | Kind of blue
Her songs are a world away from Algeria's best-known pop style, Rai, and though she sings mostly in Arabic, her early work was a North African answer to Joan Baez or Françoise Hardy.
There are sections recorded with an orchestra, a reminder, she says, that she started out studying western classical music in Algiers, "and I was listening to cello music when I was pregnant".
She learned to play guitar during the violent years of the civil war, sparked by the cancellation of the 1992 elections, which it seemed that the fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front might win.
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 Marxism message, Berber music
Tragedy consists of numbers penned by Alileche, who sings and plays the mondol or mandola, a ten-stringed instrument that is something like a large mandolin, and is favored by singers of the Algerian chaabi genre.
Alileche himself is truly outstanding, delivering spirited vocals and mondol playing, and it is hard to imagine that the music we hear was produced in San Francisco and not Tizi-Ouzou.
Throughout this year, tens of thousands of Algerian Berbers have been demonstrating, in Kabylia and in Algiers, for official recognition of their language (Amazigh) and an end to official repression.
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 Berber music - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Their most famous musical output is likely Najat Aatabou, a singer whose debut cassette, "J'en ai Marre", sold an unprecedented half a million copies in Morocco.
The Tuareg live in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, and have produced an internationally renowned band in Tartit.
This page was last modified 07:22, 4 February 2006.
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 Dances and Trances: Sufi and Berber Music from Taroudannt, Morocco
Dances and Trances: Sufi and Berber Music from Taroudannt, Morocco
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April 2 Arabic Music from Egypt, Syria, Iraq, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf with Mary Ellen Donald, Hussein Dixon, Nazir Latouf and Terry Holgate.
November 21 Songs of the Spirit, music and poetry with Eliza Shefler (poet, pianist), Anthony Smith (vocals) and Gael Alcock (cello).
September 27 Ajal, (Tim Rayborn and John Waller, music and stories of past centuries)
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 'Dances and Trances: Sufi and Berber Music from Taroudannt, Morocco' by Various Artists from The Portsmouth Chorus.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 BBC - Radio 3 World Music - Guide to World Music: Algeria
Algeria has made a significant contribution to the popularity of Arab and Berber music.
The awesome funky sound of the Kazoo is a guaranteed floor filler.
The hypnotic grooves of ONB complementing the Kabyle (Berber) lyricism.
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 'Morocco - Berber Music' by Various Artists from The Portsmouth Chorus.
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 Rwais - Moroccan Berber Musicians Cassette Tape
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 BERBER Music CDs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Berber   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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 Berber Middle Eastern Rock - Buy used cds, rare vinyl records, LPs and music albums
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 North Africa: Afropop Region -- Egypt, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan Berber music, al jeel, shaabi, rai, Gnawa
North Africa: Afropop Region -- Egypt, Mauritania, Algeria, Morocco, Sudan Berber music, al jeel, shaabi, rai, Gnawa
With the Mediterranean and Europe to the north and the Sahara desert to the south, North Africa has always been a cultural crossroads.
Berber and Arab peoples still vie for standing in a region that has faced extreme environmental, political, and cultural challenges.
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