Links: Learn about Middle Eastern music
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Resources: Learn about Middle Eastern music: Basic rhythms
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Jas's Middle Eastern Rhythm Guide:

An excellent resource, with many, many rhythms and a unique "rhythm generator" - choose a rhythm, the tempo, and the number of times you would like to have it  repeated, then drum or zill along!



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Resources: Learn about Middle Eastern music: About zills
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Coming soon (early 2004)



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Resources: Learn about Middle Eastern music: Traditional instruments
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Keti Sharif's Guide to Middle Eastern Music and Instruments:
Pictures and descriptions of some of the instruments used in Middle Eastern music.



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Resources: Learn about Middle Eastern music: Translated song lyrics
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Arabic Song Translations:
Alphabetical index of Arabic titles that are translated into English. Very helpful for interpreting the music correctly in your dance.
Shira's Translated Song Lyrics:
This web site offers you English-language translations for more than 80 songs sung in Arabic, Armenian, Turkish, Greek, and Hebrew.
Elaine's Album Page:
Elaine's site allows you to do a keyword search of the contents of 197 Arabic music albums, and lists names of tracks, track times, and composer.  



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