Eastern instrumental music — modal, ornamented, built on maqam scales. The oud carries the lead with bent notes and quick microtonal slides. A ney flute answers each phrase with breathy airy lines. The darbuka frame drum keeps a hand-driven groove underneath. Qanun plucks fill the harmony with shimmering runs. Tempos sit at 90–125 BPM in hijaz and bayati modes, with characteristic augmented-second intervals and 4/4 or 6/8 rhythmic cycles that loop cleanly for editors.
Film editors bed it under desert and bazaar establishing shots. Travel vloggers cut it into Morocco, Egypt and Turkey footage. Belly-dance instructors loop the darbuka-heavy cuts through choreography videos. Restaurant owners stream it as background ambience for Middle Eastern menus. Also fits historical-documentary segments and Aladdin-style party reels. See also world or ethnic.
Number of sounds: 48. Duration: to 120 sec.