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 modern exponent of the pre-mediated Islamicate Arab style of "tarab" in Syria
• Turkish FasilMusic of Selim III[1]
• Khayal style of Hindustani classical music.
• Javanese gamelan
• Persian dastgah, performed on solo kemenche by Kayhan Kalhor
• Moroccan nawba
• Plucked Lutes in West Africa: An Historical Overview, by Eric Charry (The Galpin Society Journal Vol. 49 (Mar., 1996), pp. 3-37)
  • Xalam (Wolof - Senegal), Ngoni (Bambara - Mali/Guinea)
  • Xalam video, Ngoni video
  • Kologo, [2] (King Ayisoba)
• Bamaya northern Ghanaian traditional drumming, from the Dagomba people.
• Hausa traditional music (northern Nigeria, near Zaria)
  • Kalangu[3]
  • [4][5] (drums: kalangu, krukatu at 2:17; fiddle: goje; other drums include Tuni and side-by-side) - all folk music sources for an Islamic music. Hear also Akwashi Rawa popular music from Ghana (Sufi becoming "Islamicate")

Compare the above to Sufi performance from various places, and the category of Inshad Sufi.