{"id":4161,"date":"2026-04-01T03:05:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beldify.shop\/music-of-morocco\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T03:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T03:05:17","slug":"music-of-morocco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beldify.shop\/en\/music-of-morocco\/","title":{"rendered":"Music of Morocco"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Much of traditional Moroccan music stems from the indigenous North African musical style called\u00a0Gnawa.<\/em> This music combines Islamic lyrics with distinct, ancient North African rhythms. A large part of Gnawa<\/em> music also includes dancing. The Qraqeb<\/em> is\u00a0one of the most common instruments heard in Gnawa<\/em> music and is the rhythmic ‘clacking’ sound heard in many songs. \u00a0The\u00a0sintir<\/em> (or\u00a0the\u00a0gimbri<\/em>)\u00a0is\u00a0also a common instrument used. It is a three or four-stringed, lute instrument with a hallow, oval-shaped body.<\/p>\n

\"Gimbri\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gimbri<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"800px-Qaraqib\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Qraqeb<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Here is a selection of gnawa<\/em> music\u00a0from Hamid el Kasri<\/strong>. You hear the gimbri<\/em> throughout and the use of the qraqeb<\/em> comes in at the end, as well as traditional gnawa<\/em> dancing.<\/p>\n

A more popularized type of music, and one that is less rooted in North Africa but instead\u00a0present all over the MENA region, is chaabi<\/em> music. The term\u00a0chaabi\u00a0<\/em>(or shaabi<\/em>) is the Arabic word for ‘popluar’ or ‘among the people.’ So this is the type of music that you’ll often hear on\u00a0the radio. It combines elements\u00a0of music from other parts of the MENA region, and the lyrics usually pertain to everyday thoughts or musings that people can easily relate to. In other words, it generally has less of a religious connotation\u00a0that the\u00a0gnawa<\/em> music tends to have (though religion may\u00a0still be present in\u00a0many of the songs).\u00a0Here is a video displaying\u00a0chaabi<\/em> music. You’ll see artist Zina Daoudia<\/strong>\u00a0play a violin upright, which is quite common for this type of music.<\/p>\n

And of course we also have more ‘modern,’ international music coming from the area as well. A common theme you’ll see with this, what we would call, more ‘modern’ music is that it combines gnawa<\/em> and chaabi<\/em> sounds along with international influences like jazz and blues; it will also use instruments like electric guitar and keys. Here is a selection from Moroccan-born artist Oum<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


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