Bedouin music
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The Bedouin are a people who inhabit the Middle East. Bedouin music is highly syncopated and generally unaccompanied. Because songs are mostly a cappella, the vocals and lyrics are the most integral part of Bedouin music. Poetry (al-shi'ir al-nabatî) is a part of many songs. Other types include taghrud (or hidâ' ), the songs of camel-drivers, and dance songs of preparation for war (ayyâla, or 'arda). Ghinnawas are lyric poetry of a personal nature, for outlet of intense personal feelings, that are often sung.
Yamania songs are a type of Bedouin music that comes from the fishermen of the Arabian Peninsula. These songs are related to exorcism and are accompanied by a five-stringed lyre called the simsimiyya.
Among the popular singers to use elements of Bedouin music in their style is the Israeli Yair Dalal.
