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15 Cards in this Set
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Adhan |
Call to prayer |
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Shiah |
Minority branch of Islam |
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Sunni |
Mainstream or majority branch of Islam |
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Sufi |
Mystical branch of Islam |
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Ka'ba |
Islam's holiest shrine |
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Mirhab |
A niche wall that helps orient worshippers toward Mecca |
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Minarets |
Tall, thin towers that provide a place from which to sound the call to prayer |
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Muezzin |
-Person who gives the call -Chanter |
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Non-music (non-musiqa) |
-call to prayer -readings from the Qu'ran (Koran) -chanted poetry |
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Music (musiqa) |
-familial and celebratory songs -occupational music -military band music |
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Sensuous music |
American popular music |
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Ud |
-Large pear-shaped lute with a short fretless neck -mother of all lutes |
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Buzuq |
Round-bodied fretted lute |
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Maqam/Makam |
Turkish compositional kit |
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Taqsim |
-unmetered movement featuring improvisation -free improvisation |
