Examples of Islamicate music
These musical forms were often absorbed into Islamic (Sufi) performance, drew upon the latter, or exchanged materials. At times it is difficult to determine the boundaries of "Islamic" and "Islamicate" altogether.
- Egypt's Umm Kulthum
- Sabah Fakhri (b. 1933), the greatest living exponent of the pre-mediated Islamicate Arab style of "tarab" in Syria
- Turkish Fasil[1]
- Persian dastgah, performed on solo kemenche by Kayhan Kalhor
- Moroccan nawba
- Hausa traditional music (northern Nigeria, near Zaria)
Compare to Sufi performance from various places, and the category of Inshad Sufi