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Avaz |
In persian classical music, the improvises, non metric section, rendered vocally or instrumentally, that is central in the performance |
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Bunraku theater |
Japanese Puppet theater |
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Chador |
Covering the head and face only showing eyes |
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Dastgahs |
The mode or scale of a piece in persian music |
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Doctores |
Representing lawyers and government officials |
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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' |
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Gagaku Characterization |
japanese court orchestral music |
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haiku |
5,7,5 syl.
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Kabuki Theater |
the main form of Japanese popular musical theater |
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Koto |
A thirteen-stringed zither with movable bridges. it is japans main zither. |
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Marinera |
Mestizo song-dance genre of peru in sesquialtera rhythm |
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mestizo |
indigenous cultural heritage |
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Noh Theater |
Japanese classical drama that originally developed in the early fourteenth century |
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Pentatonic |
5 note scale |
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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 |
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santour |
Trapezoid-shaped hammered dulcimer, played with two balsa wood mallets, used throughout the middle east but particularly in Iran and Turkey |
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Saqras |
Dance drama group of paucartambo, peru, representing devils |
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Shakuhachi |
An end blown flute |
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Shamisen |
a 3 stringed plucked chordophone |
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shite |
principal actor in Noh theater |
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Shomyo |
Japanese buddhist chanting |
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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 |
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tecnobanda |
Electronic instrument |
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Lol |
lol |