There are different areas of the world whose music you have to identify and comment on, North India, North Africa, West Africa, Central and Southern America, including the Caribbean and folk music from the British Isles. Below is a quick summary of the features of the music from around the world. Use of different scales gives the music a different 'mood' from Western music. Vocal sounds, rather than words. Polyrhythm is used to create a texture which is built up in layers.
Different parts have different pulses which come together at different times.
Uses different scales from Western music. Instruments like the 'ud. Long melodic lines. Simple but expressive melodic. Arabic folk music is rich in its lyrical structure and long, sinuous melody lines.