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Various kinds of [[Arab music]] are popular in Libya such as [[Andalusi music]], locally known as [[Ma'luf]], [[Chabi (musical style)|Chabi]] and [[Arab classical music]].{{citation needed|date=January 2012}}

The [[Tuareg people|Tuareg]] in the south have [[Tuareg music|their own distinctive folk music]].  There is little or no [[pop music]] industry.  Among the Tuareg, women are the musicians.  They play a one-stringed [[violin]] called an [[anzad]], as well as a variety of [[drum]]s.

Two of the most famous musicians of Libya are [[Ahmed Fakroun]] and [[Mohamed Hassan (Libyan musician)|Mohamed Hassan]].

Among Libyan Arabs, instruments include the [[zokra]] (a [[bagpipe]]), [[flute]] (made of [[bamboo]]), [[tambourine]], [[oud]] (a fretless [[lute]]) and [[darbuka]], a goblet drum held sideways and played with the fingers.  Intricate [[clapping]] is also common in Libyan folk music.

Traveling Bedouin poet-singers have spread many popular songs across Libya.  Among their styles is huda, the camel driver's song, the rhythm of which is said to mimic the feet of a walking [[camel]].

During the 2011 revolution, the Berber singer [[Dania Ben Sassi]] went viral with her songs praising the sacrifices of the Libyan people, sung in Amazight.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Merolla|first=Daniela|date=2020-01-02|title=Cultural heritage, artistic innovation, and activism on Amazigh Berber websites|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696815.2019.1624153|journal=Journal of African Cultural Studies|language=en|volume=32|issue=1|pages=42–59|doi=10.1080/13696815.2019.1624153|s2cid=197689713 |issn=1369-6815|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

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== External links ==
* {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.ville-ge.ch/meg/musinfo_ph.php?what=pays=Libyenne,%20Jamahiriya%20arabe&debut=0&bool=AND Audio clips: Traditional music of Libya.] [[Musée d'ethnographie de Genève]]. Accessed November 25, 2010.
*[http://www.alnj3.com Libyan music organization]  sound samples available for download.

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