Berber music

Berber music (or Amazigh music) refers to the musical traditions of the Berbers, an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to North Africa who predate the arrival of Arabs in the Arab migration to the Maghreb. Berber music varies widely across North Africa. It is stylistically diverse, with songs being predominantly African rhythms and a stock of oral literature.

Ancient Berber music is stylistically rich and diverse, with styles including pentatonic music, such instruments as the oboe and the bagpipes, and African rhythms along with singing. These ancient musical traditions have been kept alive by small bands of musicians traveling from village to village, entertaining at weddings and other social events with their songs, tales and poetry.