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Mohammad Abd al-Wahab –
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modern contribution to egyptian music. Kalthum wanted traditional. They later collaborated. What was the main thing he contributed? Western instruments, including electric guitar. Kalthum wanted the old stuff. Eqyptian music was among the most popular in the middle east
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Accordion
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– used in tarab music and also in madagascar as a trance instrument
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alqash
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professional ethopian mourners in funerals. They evoke emotions. They help get emotion out
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Sinke Assefa
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ethiopia's most popular (currently) singer prior it was Aster Aweke
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Azan
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call to prayer sung by a mouazin
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Beguena
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a harp from ethiopia. It's pretty old. Also called a lyre. Mentioned in bible in songs of solomon and psalms.
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Bilal
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former african slave became first moazin, apponted by Mohoomed
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bung’o horns
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instrument from tanzania
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Buzuq
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long neck fretted lute from middle east
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Cavaquinho
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main instrument in morna from cape verde and is a eukelele-size
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cheb
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title of men in rai music
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Cheikha
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name given to women in rai music.
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Dumbek
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arabic drum – goblet shaped. Ceramic (clay) or metal
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Hamza El-Din
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nubian composer and ude player and singer.
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Etouffee
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"stuffed” from madascar's guitar tech. Mute strings w/ right hand.
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Cesaria Evora
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“queen of soul” in cape verde in morna
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Rakoto Frah
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champion sodina player from madagascar
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Regis Gizavo
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malagasy accordianist
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Gnawa
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mix of trad and modern. Follow of souphism. Bounce and move heads incircle. Ecstatic trance
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Graceland
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album by paul simon with ladysmith black mambazo
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Ofra Haza
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israeli singer
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iqqa
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rhythmic patterns in middle easter music
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kabosy
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malagasy guitar-like instrument (once from cigar boxes) (half-frets)
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Umm Kalthum (various spellings)
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why so popular? Sing same note, soulful. Politicyptally speaking-- “egypt lost the six day war” she brought egypt and tunisia back together. United warring factions (when they disagreed) (over isreal etc)
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kanun
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middle eastern plucked zither Shape: trapezoidal. Long and angled.
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Krar
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bowl lyre from ethiopia. Smaller virseion of bigger one
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Lusaphone countries
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portugese-speaking countries. Cape vrde, angola, guinea-bissau, sau tome, mozambique, principe (is this sao tome)
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Lyre
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each string has fixed lengths. Harp-like. Strummed, not plucked.
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Maqam
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scales and rhythms in ME music plus rules and various techs, for trained instruments.
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maqamat
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plural of maqam.
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Masinqo
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one-string fiddle of ethiopia. Diamond-shaped body.
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melismatic singing
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singing one syllabel with many notes.
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Missa Luba
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congolese mass. Adopted by Kenya. Christian choral music. Common and opular throughout parts of africa.
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Mornas
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blues of cape verde. Sad, longing songs
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Kevork Nalbandian
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leader of aermenian band that emporor of ethiopia... wrote first ethiopian nat'l anthem.
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Nerses Nalbandian
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Kevorks successor, his nephew. He further modernized ethiopian music. 70s. Brings in jazz elements, rock elements, elect guitar, things like that. Bamf
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neys
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it's a reed flute from the middle east
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non-music
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muezzin is not really music according to them, they dont' consider it music. It's higher.
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Nyatiti
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8-string plucked lyre from Kenya and Tanzania
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Oran
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city in Algeria on coast where Rai was born
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Oud
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middle eastern guitar-like instrument. Granddad of modern guitar. Bent tuning box. Pear. Fretless.
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Qrabech
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metal castanetlike thing. Guineaua people from Morocco play it.
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Rai
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algerian women's protest music... intially. Developed into other things now.
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Cheikha Rimmitti
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inoovator in recording rai. “grandmother of rai” did not create was just populer due to recordings.
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Riqq
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tamborine type instrument in middle easter music.
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saldina (sodina)
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open-ended flute (Wood) homemade madascar
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shaggan
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soul. Singing with great feel.
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Shekere
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hollow gourd shaking instrument with netted beads/shells. West africa
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Sintir
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instrument
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Taarab
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pop music of ME and NE AF – hybridized, popular through cassettes. Also the word for this type of ensemble.
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Taqasim
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plural of taqsim, which is instrumental solo in or at beginning of song. Improvisatory in a middle eastern piece.
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Tar
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drum is a large frame drum. Basse drum part in M E music.
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Valiha
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tube zither from madagascar that is made of tubes. Strings are made from bike brakes.
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