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Tibet's unique culture and music...
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Extreme geographical isolation due to Himalayas.
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1950s invasion by China ended this country's practice of religion...
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Tibet
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Multiphonics
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Ability of Himalayan monks to sing two notes simultaneously by themselves.
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Tibetan rituals alternate between...
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choral chanting and instrumental ensembles.
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Tibetan monks believe their loud clashing music...
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attracts the deities.
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Difference between northern Hindustani and southern Carnatic music...
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North is vulnerable to invasion while south is stable.
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Indian melody is based on this and what does it mean?
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Raga- emotion, color
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Dhrupad became the basis of modern music of N. India what does it begin with?
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An invocation that explores the notes of the raga w/out a beat.
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Tabla-tarang
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a semi-circle of tabla drums tuned to the notes of a raga.
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Gopichand
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drum of N. India that has a single string attached to a drumhead and can be tightened and loosened.
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Carnatic music
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Instrumentalists do not have a separate repertoire, but rather improvise on works that singers sing.
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mridangam
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main south Indian double-headed drum.
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Nagaswaram
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most common double-reed instrument of India...no wedding is complete w/out it.
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Final portion of carnatic music...
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a passage for solo drums.
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Unifying factor of Afghanistan...
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all profess Islamic faith.
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Sorna and Dhol...
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Afghanistan professional oboist and drummer born into their trade.
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1950 radio broadcasts in E. Afghanistan led to this...
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homogenization of musical tastes.
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Taliban regime....
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banned all music.
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Santur
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Persian 72 stringed hammered dulcimer...ancestor of western piano.
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Tar
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6 stringed lute also known as Sultane (king of all instruments)...direct ancestor of European guitar.
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Duzzle
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Kurdish rural double-reed instrument played using circular breathing.
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Ottoman empire of Turkey
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Used military bands. Western composers such as Mozart and Beethoven were influenced by their percussion instruments.
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Koran...
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warns of listening to music that leads to lewd behavior.
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Yemen
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Before 1962 revolution, all playing of music instruments was forbidden. Ironic because the oud, the most widespread of all Arabic lutes came from Yemen.
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Bedouins of Yemen
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Bedouin is translated to "forest-dweller."
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Bedouin gatherings...
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when there is a gathering of tribes, men of each tribe begin singing songs that identify their cultural group.
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Music from ancient Egypt...
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greatly influenced music of classical Greece.
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Gypsies also called...
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Romany people wandered from Europe to India.
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Gypsy is short for...
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Egyptian.
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