The choir at the time served as a pedagogic facility where the educated poets would recite their poems. It was believed that Jinns revealed poems to poets and music to musicians. Arab poets of that time-called shu`ara' al-Jahiliyah ( Arabic: شعراء الجاهلية) or "Jahili poets", meaning "the poets of the period of ignorance"-used to recite poems with a high notes. Most historians agree that there existed distinct forms of music in the Arabian peninsula in the pre-Islamic period between the 5th and 7th century AD. Pre-Islamic Arabian Peninsula music was similar to that of Ancient Middle Eastern music. For many centuries, the Arabs of Hejaz recognized that the best real Arabian music came from Yemen, and Hadhrami minstrels were considered to be superior.
In Yemen, the main center of pre-Islamic Arab sciences, literature and arts, musicians benefited from the patronage of the Kings of Sabaʾ who encouraged the development of music. Pre-Islamic Arabia was the cradle of many intellectual achievements, including music, musical theory and the development of musical instruments. History Pre-Islamic period (Arabian Peninsula) 8 Research and documentation of Arabic music.3 Improvisational Music in the Arabic Mediterranean region.1.1 Pre-Islamic period (Arabian Peninsula).
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