Mizrahi popular music blends Western structure with Middle Eastern texture

Evidence

Contemporary muzikah mizrahit is also in many ways a Western phenomenon, featuring Western-style 12- or 16-bar melodies, fixed rhythms, and chord patterns, though employing Middle Eastern instruments and nasalised, melismatic vocals. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 1328

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 1328