Gharnati refers to a variety of Moroccan music originating in Andalusia. Its name is related, being derived from the Arabic name of the Spanish city of Granada.
Gharnati constitutes the musical mode most used in the Moroccan city of Oujda, where besides this musical kind is omnipresent and where one organizes each year in June the International Festival of the Gharnati music. This musical art was preserved mainly at Tlemcen in Algeria and Oujda, near the Algerian border.
Famous musicians of Gharnati
- Hassan El Hayek
- Sheik Salah Chaabane,
- Bouchnak Benyounes says Afendi
- Kerzazi Sheik Brahim.
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