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Until the development of instrumental music in the 10th century, what connection did Arabian music have with poetry?

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Until the development of instrumental music in the 10th cent., the rhythmic modes were primarily the vocal meters of poetry. In vocal music often a short melody is repeated for each stanza or verse, each repetition being elaborately ornamented.

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