Music of Morroco

Introduction
Morroco is a country endowed with musical diversity there is countless of styles such has the Andalusi style it is a collection of poems dating back the time of the Andalucian Emirats in the 14th century there is the Malhoun is it also a collection of poem but in Morrocan darija this style appeared in the 17th century .There is also the Madih they are odes to the prophet mohammed they are really popular especially during the period of the Aid a saghir and aid al kabir they are broadcasted on national TV this day . But we are going to concentrate on the styles that are popular in the region of the Rif the Atlas and the Sahara.

The rif music is really close to the chleuh they both use the Ghita it is an Amazigh flute the watar is a type of lute that give a particular sound it is only known in those regions they are used in popular type of music. The bendir is a percussion instrument also used by both Chleuh and Riffis but is played differently the Rifs used is generally in past paced while the Chleuh use more slowly and with a more dramatic tone shall we say. The voice in the amazigh music is always really bold weither it is singed by a male or a female it can seem strange to unfamiliar ears but it is really about singing about one's pain and emotions in the raw way possible .

Watar

Ghita

Bendir

An extract of traditional Rifi music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WppnpyvtyBE

An extract of traditional Chleuh music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqUSJiBTJXo

The sahraoui music is completely different it is influenced with african rythmes and the lyrics are poetic it is one of the speciality of the Sahraouis they are usually either in classical arabic or in the Hassania dialect Mauritanian music is exactly the same. they use the Ardin which is a moorish harp only found in southern Morroco and Mauritania it is a female only instrument it gives an African vibe to the song and also the tabla sahraouia it is a sahraoui drum that accompanies the Ardin .

The tabla sahraoui

the traditional Ardin

 An extract of traditional sahraoui music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bczGOQnoerE