Songs and traditional music in Awlâd sîdî ‘Abîd community (Algerian-Tunisian border)

This article attempts to present the different forms of the sung repertoire of of Awlâd sîdî ‘Abîd community, living in the extended region from the South East of Tunisia (Gafsa – Tozeur) to Tebessa in Algeria. The article also tries to define the musical characteristics of this repertoire through an analytical study of one of its most famous forms: the ṭarg ‘îfî.