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58 Cards in this Set
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zurna (surla)
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Turkish horn
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Chaghana
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Turkey. Bells attached to a pavilion or hat shaped ornament atop a stick adorned with crescents. Played by pounding on floor.
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Davul
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Turkey. Large, double headed drum, often played with zurna.
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ney
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Turkey. A reed flute. Key instrument during the Sema ( a Mevlevi ceremony)
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Gaida
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Bulgaria. A goatskin bagpipe, shepherd instrument.
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Gadulka
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Bulgaria. A chordophone played vertically, like a vertical violin.
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Tambura
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Bulgaria. Like a tiny guitar, has a distinct plucking sound.
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Kaval
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Bulgaria. End- blown flute.
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Tapan
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Bulgaria. Double headed drum. (Davul in Turkey)
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Ottoman Empire
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Influenced Turkey and Bulgaria. Allowed for spread of musical styles and ethnic group interaction.
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Sufis
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Turkey. Followers of Sufism, a mystical form of Islam. Belief in tolerance and openness. God is love, only felt through meditation. Sufis organized in orders around a sheikh.
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Mevlevi Order
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Turkey. Founded by Mevlana i Rumi, a philosopher and mystic. Important among elite during Ottoman empire. Whirling dervishes,
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Mehter muzigi (military music)
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music of special regiment of Janissaries. Involved zurna chaghana, davul.
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Sufi Music (sema ceremony)
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Ayin is the name for music of the ceremony. Instruments, singing and whirling. Ney is key instrument. The Sema consists of 4 selams, which symbolize steps to union with God.
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Bulgarian History
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Ottoman Empire until 1922, Communism 1944 until 1989, then independence.
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Chalga
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Form of Bulgarian music drawing from Turkish, minority and Gypsy (Roma) influences. (Azis). Low class, popular music.
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Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
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Singers chosen from country villages and trained. Sound nasal. Modal scales and dissonant, irregular rhythm (beat).
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Philip Koutev
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Founder of Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal choir in 1951.
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Bulgarian wedding music.
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Balkan Jazz, Bulgarian Bebop. Based on village wedding tunes from minorities (roma/gypsy)
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Azis
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famous Bulgarian politician, chalga style
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Chalga
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Form of Bulgarian music drawing from Turkish, minority and Gypsy (Roma) influences. (Azis). Low class, popular music.
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Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir
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Singers chosen from country villages and trained. Sound nasal. Modal scales and dissonant, irregular rhythm (beat).
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Philip Koutev
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Founder of Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal choir in 1951.
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Bulgarian wedding music.
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Balkan Jazz, Bulgarian Bebop. Based on village wedding tunes from minorities (roma/gypsy)
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Azis
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famous Bulgarian politician, chalga style
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Balkan Jazz
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Ivo Papasov (clarinet) and Yuri Yanakov (saxophone)
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Monophony
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1 melodic line
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poly phony
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multiple melodic lines
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heterophony
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type of polyphony in which all instruments play the same melody
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Ostap Veresaj
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Ukraine. blind kobzar (kobza player)
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kobzar
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Ukraine. minstrels who play kobza
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Hutsul people
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Western Ukraine, used trembita to communicate
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Gogol Bordello
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gypsy punk band, does start wearing purple song
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Dave Taras
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klezmer clarinet player in US
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kobza
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Ukraine instrument. Round, guitar like stringed instrument
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bandura
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Ukraine. Larger version of kobza
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trembita
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Ukraine. Long horn of the Hutsul people
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Trojisti Muzyky
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3 person ensemble made up of: sopilka (flute), tsymably (hung from neck and played on chest), and violin
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tsymbaly/tsimbl
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Ukraine/ klezmer. Instrument hung from neck and played on chest. Replaced by accordion in some places.
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accordion
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Ukraine origins. replaced tsimbl
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clarinet
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klezmer instrument played by Dave Tarras
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Klezmer
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Jewish secular music
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Duma
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Ukraine. Epic song played by male minstrels on kobza or bandura. Used to spread news among villages
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maqam
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system of composing melodies in arabic classical music (similar to raga). Means place/rank in arabic, implies hierarchy of pitches
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Taquism
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Most common type of collection of individual pieces played together. 2 parts: an improvised, non metric solo instrumental, and a composed metric ensemble section
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Zaar
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Ancient healing ritual involving spirit possession and trance. Still important part of Egyptian baladi (folk culture)
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'Ud
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Egypt. Stringed, upright guitar instrument.
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baladi
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common rhythm in Arabic music
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Duff
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small hand drum, like tambourine minus the bells
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tabla
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Egypt. standing up drum, shaped like a hourglass
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riqq
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like a tambourine
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sagat
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Egypt. hand cymbals
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qanun
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Egypt. stringed harpsichord thing, with a board. like a harp with a back
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nay
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Egypt. series of flutes
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Muhammad Abd al- Wahhab
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Egypt. noted modernist composer, combined many elements of traditional music with Western music
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Firqa ensemble
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Egypt. musical ensemble used in Zeina
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Takht ensemble
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Egypt. Classical arabic musical ensemble. Includes Qanun, nay, 'ud, vilolin, riqq
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Umm Kulthum
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Egyptian female singer, considered embodiment of egyptian values and ideas
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