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unusual facts about Gasba music


Gasba music

The gasba or tamja is a musical style based on wind instrument, widespread in Tunisia, Algeria (among Chawis of north-east Algeria and Oran in the northwest), and in Morocco, (In the eastern Rif, Berkane, Oujda, Beni Mathar and Bouarfa).


Sheikh Hamada

He revised gasba music, which influenced the area of Dahra, and thus was a large influence on the chaâbi music repertoire, which is one of the most popular musical genres in North Africa today.


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