[
  {
    "term": "Arabic pop",
    "use": "arabic pop, maqam-tinged vocal melisma, qanun and strings over modern beat, darbuka groove, 105 BPM, glossy and romantic"
  },
  {
    "term": "Khaleeji",
    "use": "khaleeji, gulf rhythm with oud and violins, hand claps, ornamented male vocal, 110 BPM, festive and stately"
  },
  {
    "term": "Shaabi",
    "use": "shaabi, driving maqsoum rhythm, keyboard accordion lead, streetwise vocal, 130 BPM, raucous and crowd-pumping"
  },
  {
    "term": "Mahraganat",
    "use": "mahraganat, hard-clipped electro beat, autotuned Cairo street vocals, synth riffs, 110 BPM, loud and defiant"
  },
  {
    "term": "Tarab",
    "use": "tarab, large orchestra with qanun oud ney and strings, long ornamented vocal improvisation, 70 BPM, rapturous and emotive"
  },
  {
    "term": "Classical Egyptian orchestra",
    "use": "egyptian orchestral style, sweeping violin unisons, riq percussion, maqam modulations, 90 BPM, lush and dramatic"
  },
  {
    "term": "Oud taqsim",
    "use": "oud taqsim, solo oud improvisation in maqam hijaz, free rhythm, natural room reverb, contemplative and intimate"
  },
  {
    "term": "Ney meditation",
    "use": "ney flute meditation, breathy overtones, drone background, no percussion, slow rubato, serene and spiritual"
  },
  {
    "term": "Sufi devotional",
    "use": "sufi devotional, hypnotic zikr chant, frame drums, ney and kanun, gradual tempo build, 90 BPM, trance-like and reverent"
  },
  {
    "term": "Qawwali",
    "use": "qawwali, harmonium drone, tabla and dholak, call-and-response group vocals, ecstatic solo flights, 120 BPM, fervent and rising"
  },
  {
    "term": "Turkish arabesk",
    "use": "arabesk, tearful male vocal, bağlama and strings, darbuka rhythm, 100 BPM, melodramatic and aching"
  },
  {
    "term": "Turkish folk (türkü)",
    "use": "turkish folk, bağlama saz lead, asymmetrical 9/8 rhythm, plaintive vocal, davul and zurna, 120 BPM, rustic and stirring"
  },
  {
    "term": "Anatolian rock",
    "use": "anatolian rock, fuzz guitar with saz melodies, 1970s organ, odd-meter groove, 115 BPM, psychedelic and gritty"
  },
  {
    "term": "Turkish psychedelic funk",
    "use": "turkish psych funk, wah guitar, electric saz, breakbeat drums, analog organ, 105 BPM, groovy and retro"
  },
  {
    "term": "Persian classical",
    "use": "persian classical, tar and santur interplay, tombak percussion, avaz vocal improvisation in dastgah, 75 BPM, refined and melancholic"
  },
  {
    "term": "Persian pop",
    "use": "persian pop, 6/8 shesh-o-hasht rhythm, synth strings, daf accents, warm male vocal, 115 BPM, nostalgic and danceable"
  },
  {
    "term": "Dabke",
    "use": "dabke, driving mijwiz reed lead, pounding tabl, hand claps, chanted line, 140 BPM, energetic and communal"
  },
  {
    "term": "Levantine wedding",
    "use": "levantine wedding music, derbake groove, keyboard qanun patches, zaghareet ululations, 128 BPM, celebratory and loud"
  },
  {
    "term": "Andalusian / Nuba",
    "use": "andalusian classical, ensemble of oud rebab and violin, measured nuba suite, choral refrains, 95 BPM, ornate and stately"
  },
  {
    "term": "Gnawa",
    "use": "gnawa, hypnotic guembri bass line, qraqeb metal castanets, call-and-response trance chant, 105 BPM, ritual and rolling"
  },
  {
    "term": "Rai",
    "use": "rai, algerian vocal phrasing, synth brass, darbuka and drum machine, 118 BPM, rebellious and danceable"
  },
  {
    "term": "Chaabi Moroccan",
    "use": "moroccan chaabi, looping violin motif, bendir and derbouka, chanted refrains, 112 BPM, communal and accelerating"
  },
  {
    "term": "Kurdish folk",
    "use": "kurdish folk, tanbur melody, daf frame drum, soaring modal vocal, line-dance rhythm, 118 BPM, proud and yearning"
  },
  {
    "term": "Israeli Mizrahi pop",
    "use": "mizrahi pop, bouzouki-like hooks, middle eastern strings, modern dance beat, ornamented vocal, 112 BPM, bright and emotional"
  },
  {
    "term": "Middle Eastern trap fusion",
    "use": "middle eastern trap, maqam synth lead, 808 sub bass, rolling hats over darbuka samples, 140 BPM, dark and modern"
  },
  {
    "term": "Desert cinematic",
    "use": "middle eastern cinematic, duduk and ney lead, sustained string bed, low frame-drum pulse, 70 BPM, vast and haunting"
  },
  {
    "term": "Belly dance instrumental",
    "use": "belly dance instrumental, saidi and maqsoum rhythms, accordion and qanun trade-offs, tabla solo break, 125 BPM, playful and hypnotic"
  }
]