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Avaz

In persian classical music, the improvises, non metric section, rendered vocally or instrumentally, that is central in the performance

Bunraku theater

Japanese Puppet theater

Chador

Covering the head and face only showing eyes



Dastgahs

The mode or scale of a piece in persian music



Doctores

Representing lawyers and government officials

Dombak

Term used for various single skin drums in the middle east, but principally for the goblet shaped drum used in persian classical music. In Indonesia, a middle-eastern hourglass shaped "talking drum'

Gagaku Characterization

japanese court orchestral music

haiku

5,7,5 syl.


Kabuki Theater

the main form of Japanese popular musical theater

Koto

A thirteen-stringed zither with movable bridges. it is japans main zither.

Marinera

Mestizo song-dance genre of peru in sesquialtera rhythm

mestizo

indigenous cultural heritage

Noh Theater

Japanese classical drama that originally developed in the early fourteenth century

Pentatonic

5 note scale

radif

In persian classical music , the body of music, consisting of 250-300 short pieces, memorized by students and then used as the basis or point of departure for improvised performance

santour

Trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, played with two balsa wood mallets, used throughout the middle east but particularly in Iran and Turkey

Saqras

Dance drama group of paucartambo, peru, representing devils

Shakuhachi

An end blown flute

Shamisen

a 3 stringed plucked chordophone

shite

principal actor in Noh theater

Shomyo

Japanese buddhist chanting

Strathspey

A dance tune associated with Scotland, in 4/4 meter. Characterized rhythmically by dot-cut or scotch "snap" ( a short note followed by a dotted note

tecnobanda

Electronic instrument

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