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sawt music wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 description 3 references 4 further reading 5 see also 6 external links toggle the table of contents sawt music 4 languages العربية مصرى igbo nederlands edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia music genre from kuwait and bahrain mirwas drum sawt arabic صوت ala lc ṣawt literally voice also spelled sout or sowt is a kind of popular music found in kuwait and bahrain history edit it is said that sawt was established in kuwait by the poet composer singer and oud player abdallah al faraj 1836 1901 1903 1 2 the bahraini historian mubārak al ammārī believes that sawt was known in kuwait before 1766 and in bahrain since 1783 2 saleh and daoud al kuwaity were widely considered among one of its earliest pioneers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 description edit sawt is a complex form of urban music originally performed on the ud plucked lute and mirwas a drum with a violin later supplementing the arrangement two men perform the dance which is called zaffan al sout is performed only at night gatherings of men it is called samra nightly chat sawt also contains a special type of clapping called sherbaka which means intertwined and is usually performed by spectators only on arabic and levantine scales 8 the poetry used in sawt is usually classical arabic poetry or khamini poetry which is similar to mushah but with scales characteristic of ancient yemeni poets and their local language 9 10 most arabic and levantine sawts end with a fragment called tawshih which is the beginning of the end of the sawt and can be lyrical or musical only 11 12 13 tawshih also contains improvised rhythms and some end it with a specific melody to finish the sawt some sources indicate that the history of the art of sawt began before the advent of abdullah al faraj and that it is related to the sound singing that was prevalent in the abbasid era as ahmed ali notes in his book music and singing in kuwait as for mubarak al omari in his book muhammad bin faris the most famous sawt singer in the persian gulf points out that sawt arrived in bahrain from kuwait in 1766 14 references edit 1 2 rolf killius 2017 the cradle of arabic sawt music the early musician generations in kuwait qatar national library 1 2 3 ahmad ali alsalhi 2021 ṣaut in bahrain and kuwait history and creativity in concept and practice pdf royal holloway university of london the sawt in kowait arab sounds 2021 jean lambert 2020 the yemeni sources of poetry and music in the sawt of the gulf the role of the arabian diaspora in india hal open archive jean lambert 2016 thinking historically being present kuwait summer 2016 university of california los angeles urkevich lisa 2008 crossing paths in the middle east cultural struggles of jewish kuwaiti musicians in the 20th century american historical association the jews of arabia bbc news 13 december 2014 kuwaiti musicians daoud al kuwaiti oud and his brother saleh violin sing play and be merry the unique ṣawt music of the arabian peninsula www qdl qa 17 october 2014 retrieved 2025 01 25 the sawt in kowait www arabosounds com 29 may 2020 retrieved 2025 01 25 classical poetry in persian literature www britannica com retrieved 2025 01 25 the sawt in the arabian gulf durūb al nagham www amar foundation org retrieved 2025 01 25 sawt urban music of the gulf bridging east and west playaling com 20 november 2024 retrieved 2025 01 25 tariqah wa sawt fi al wusta www goethe de retrieved 2025 01 25 the yemeni sources of poetry and music in the sawt of the gulf the role of the arabian diaspora in india shs hal science retrieved 2025 01 25 further reading edit muhammad bin faris ensemble 2004 sawt of bahrein institut du monde arabe asin b00025dqeu al umayri ensemble 2004 the sawt in kuwait institut du monde arabe asin b00027x3ri rovsing olsen poul 2002 music in bahrain david brown book company isbn 87 88415 19 8 various artists 1995 a musical anthology of the arabian peninsula volume 3 sowt music from the city gallo asin b000004a2e see also edit saleh and daoud al kuwaity music of kuwait culture of kuwait culture of bahrain fijiri external links edit fan al sawt music by the ghalali music and dance group muharraq bahrain 2009 audio samples from zeryab com v t e middle eastern music by style arabesque turkish arabic al 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