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142 Cards in this Set
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Munojaat Yulicheeva
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leading performer of classical Uzbek music. Always accompanied by her master, famous rubab player; Shawqat Mizaev.
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Turgun Alimatov
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Uzbek musician, learned music from father, never took a formal music lesson. Strongly identified with sentiments of Uzbek nationalism.
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Sevara Nazarkhan
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Uzbek singer, songwriter, and musician. (pop music)
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Ashot Petrosiants*
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lead acoustician in folk orchestra, founded the conservatory.
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Doyra/ Frame drum
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A MEDIUM SIZED FRAME DRUM W/JINGLES.central asia.used to accompany both popular and classical music
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Dutor
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long-necked, two-stringed lute. central asia
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Tanbur
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long-necked fretted lute. middle east central asia.
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Arranged Folklore
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the practice of collecting tunes from rural communities, codifying, and harmonizing them for polyphonic performance by large ensembles.
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Estrada
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pop music in Uzbekistan; combo of national instruments and synthesized sounds.
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Iqa'
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the system of rhythmic modes that provide the rhythmic foundation for uzbek/tajik
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Nola
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pitch bending ornaments on voice on instrument that are often microtonal, considered to be highly expressive.
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Ouge
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the climatic point in a piece of classical uzbek/tajik music like the Shashmaqom.
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Shashmaqom
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a set of repertoire of uzbek/tajik classical music that originated in the city of Bukhara. Traditionally played heterphonically. Instrumental and vocal.
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Adhan
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the islamic call to prayer
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Shiah
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the fundamentalist branch of Islam
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Sunni
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the mainstream branch of Islam
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Sufi
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the mystical branch of Islam
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Maqam/Makam
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a mode or system of rules ad expectations for composition and improvisation in Arabic classical music.
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Dastgah
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a mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation in persian classical music.
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Gusheh
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short composed melodic phrases found in persian classical music
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Maghrib
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a geographic region in North Africa that includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya.
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Mashriq
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a geographic region in the middle east that includes Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
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Ottoman Empire
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an empire centered in modern day turkey that is spread throughout West Asia, eastern europe, and northern africa from the 14th to 19th century
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Takht
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a type of instrumental ensemble found in Arabic music traditions.
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Firqa
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large orchestral ensembles consisting of traditional Arabia instruments found in the middle east.
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Raqs Sharqi
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middle eastern dance form characterized as "belly dance" by outsiders to the region.
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Tarab
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arabic word for a state of emotional transformation or ecstasy achieved through music
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Dhikr/Zikr
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a ritual commonly performed by Sufi muslims in which believers chant the names of Allah w/ the goal of entering a spiritually ecstatic state.
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Ud
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a fretless, plucked lute. Arabic. Chordophone.
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Ney
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a vertical flute, aerophone, Turkish & Arabic.
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Kanun
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plucked zither, chordophone, Turkish & Arabic.
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Santur
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hammered zither, chordophone, persian.
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Saz
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fretted, plucked lute. chordophone, Turkey.
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Buzuq
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round-bodied lute, chordophone, Greece.
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Musiqa/non-musiqa
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arabic contemporary music ensemble?
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Layali
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a vocal improvisational form in Arabic music traditions.
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Taqasim
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an instrumental, improvisational form in Turkish and Arabic music traditions.
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Masnavi
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an extensive poem written in persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad rumi. Spiritual writing that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being in union w/ God.
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Jalal al-din Muhammad Rumi
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wrote the masnavi.
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Umm Kulthum
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Egyptian singer, songwriter, and actress; still to this day recognized as one of the Arab world's most famous and distinguished singers of the 20th century.
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Chinggis Khan (Gengis)
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founder/ruler of the Mongolian Empire
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Urtyn duu
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a Mongolian vocal form described as "long song," performers accompanied the morin huur
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overtone
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a tone that is heard above a fundamental pitch, and that is one of the ascending group of tones that form the harmonic series derived from the fundamental pitch.
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khoomei
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throat-singing tradition from mongolia
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morin huur
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a fiddle from mongolia w/ a distinctive hoarse head ornament
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Dalai Lama
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the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, Spiritual leader of Tibet.
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Yunchen Lhamo
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most acclaimed Tibetan singer-songwriter living in NYC in exile.
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Incantation and Mani
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ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect.
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Om mani padme hum
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a mantra associated w/ the four-armed Shadakshan. 6 syllabled mantra of the bodhisattra of compassion, Avalokiteshvara.
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Kang dung
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a trumpet from Tibet made from a human thigh bone. Aerophone.
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Dung Chen
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a long metal trumpet from Tibet. aerophone
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Dung kar
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a conch-shell trumpet from Tibet. aerophone
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Rom/rol mo
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an ethnic group originating in India characterized by a semi-nomadic lifestyle; known as gypsies.
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Gyaling
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a double reed shawm from Tibet. aerophone.
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Drilbu
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idiophone, bell from tibet
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Cultural Revolution
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a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in 1965
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Bayin
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the chinese organological system
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Sizhu
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an ensemble comprised of "silk and bamboo" instruments from china
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Jiangnan Sizhu
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a style of traditional chinese instrumental music from Jiangnan, china.
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Qin/guqin
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bridgeless plucked zither from china, the playing of which is characterized by the frequent use of overtones. chrodophone
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tablature
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a musical notation indicating the fingering to be used.
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Jianpu/cipher notation
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the numbered musical notation in china.
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Jinju/Beijing Opera
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Beijing opera from china
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P'ansori
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genre of Korean traditional music.
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Samul nori
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genre of traditional percussion music originating in Korea.
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Sheng
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the male hero role-type in Beijing opera
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Dan
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female hero role-type in Beijing opera
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Jing
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warrior role type in Beijing opera
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Chou
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comic role-type in Beijing opera
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Erhu
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a fiddle from china. chordophone
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Yangquin
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hammered zither from china. chordophone
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Pipa
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pear-shaped lute from china. chordophone.
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Sheng
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mouth organ from china.aerophone
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Jinghu
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the lead fiddle of the Beijing opera's instrumental ensemble. chordophone.
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Suona
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a double-reed aerophone from china.
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Dizi
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a transverse flute from china. aerophone.
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Buk
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traditional korean drum
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Southeast Asia
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Thailand, Laos, Bali, Java
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Pihat
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a type of classical ensemble from Thailand characterized by the use of melodic and rhythmic percussion & a double reed aerophone.
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Metallophone
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an idiophone consisting of several metal bars graduated in length to produce different pitches
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Khru
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a thai teacher
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Wai Khru Ceremony
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teacher-honoring ceremony from thailand
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Ramayana
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an indian mythological epic about the Hindu god Rama found through south and southeast asia.
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Isan
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term referring to Northeast Thailand and its regional culture, including music.
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Lam Klawn
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vocal repartee w/khaen accompaniment from Northeast Thailand.
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Lam Sing
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a popular music form from Northeast Thailand.
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Luk Thung
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Thai "country songs" that represent a modernized form of Lam Klawn
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Phin
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a fretted, plucked lute from NE Thailand/Laos. Chordophone.
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Khon
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classical masked drama based on the thai version of the Ramayana.
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Morlam/ Mawlam
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a professional lam klawn singer from NE Thailand.
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Ching
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a pair of cup-shaped cymbals from Thailand. Idiophone.
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Pi
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a double-reed aerophone found in the piphat classical ensemble from Thailand.
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Ranat thum
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the supporting xylophone of classical ensemble from Thailand
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Ranat ek
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the lead xylophone of classical ensembles from Thailand
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Khawng wong yai
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the higher-and-lower ranged gong circles found in classical ensembles from Thailand
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Phin
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a fretted, plucked lute from NE Thailand. Chordophone.
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Khaen
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a bamboo mouth organ from NE Thailand
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Gamelan
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an ensemble from Indonesia comprised primarily of metallophones.
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cipher notation
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any system which represents aurally precieved music through the use of written symbols.
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colotomic structure
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the organizational system of gamelan music from indonesia
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Slendro/Pelog
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the two essential scales of gamelan music native to Bali and Java.
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Gamelan gong Kebyar
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an ensemble type from Bali, Indonesia comprised primarily of metallophones, and characterized by rhythmically dense performance techniques.
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Kecak
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a Balinese theatrical performance of the Ramayana.
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Walter Spies
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credited w/attracting the attention of western cultural figures to Balinese culture and art.
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Wayan Limbak
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Indonesian dancer who worked w/ Walter Spies to create the indonesian dance Kecak.
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Wayang Kulit
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an indonesian form of shadow puppetry commonly performed w/ the use of leather puppets.
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Dalang
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puppeteer in an indonesian wayang performance.
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Gong ageng
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the largest gong of an indonesian gamelan ensemble
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Suling
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an indonesian flute made out of Bamboo, used in gamelan ensembles.
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Bonang
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a rack gong found in gamelan ensembles from Indonesia.
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Kempli
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the time keeper marking the pulses in the pokok.
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Kendang
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a two-headed drum and one of the primary instruments used in the Gamelan ensembles of Java and Bali.
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Sarod
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a fretless, plucked lute from northern India. Chordophone
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Sitar
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a fretted plucked lute from india. chordophone
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tabla
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a pair of drums found in Hindustani music from India.
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tambura
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a round-bodied gourd lute used to provide the "drone" element in Indian classical music
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Harmonium
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a free-reed pump organ. aerophone?
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Vina
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a plucked lute from south india, often associated with the Hindu goddess Saraswati.
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Violin
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bowed stringed instrument. chordophone. highest member of the violin family.
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Shruti box
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a small wooden instrument that traditionally works on a system of bellows. aerophone.
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Mrindangam
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a barrel-shaped drum from India. membranophone.
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Kriti
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a genre of devotional Hindu poetry from South India.
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Gamakam
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refers to the ornamentation that is used in the performance of indian classical music
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Guru
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a teacher or spiritual guide, primarily associated w/ hindu traditions from India.
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Thyagaraja
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one of the greatest composers of carnatic music or classical south indian music.
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Hindustani
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a term referring to the cultural traditions of northern india.
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Carnatic
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a term referring to the cultural traditions of south india.
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filmi/filmi git
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popular music taken from films in india.
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Lata Mangeshkar
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famous filmi singer from india
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Raga
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a mode or system of rules and procedures for composition and improvisation in indian classical music.
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mode
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a set of rules and customary procedures used to compose or improvise music in a particular tradition
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Tala
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cyclic rhythmic framework that organizes a raga performance in india.
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Bols
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mnemonic syllables corresponding to drum strokes in indian drumming traditions.
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Tintal
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is one of the most famous talas of Hindustani music. It is also most common tal in North India. The structure of tintal is so amazingly symmetrical that it presents a very simple rhythmic structure against which a performance can be laid.
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Solfege
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Mnemonic syllables corresponding to individual pitches in a scale
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Sargam
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a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Syed Noor starring the singer Adnan Sami and his ex-wife Zeba Bakhtiar.
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Alap
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the opening, freely rhythmic period of improvisation of raga performance in Indian classical music
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Jhala
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refers to a set of drone strings on indian chordophones.
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Gat
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the composed section of instrumental performance in indian classical music
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Aashish Khan
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n eminent Indian classical musician, known for his virtuosity on the Sarode.
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Rasa
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the mood or sentiment of an artistic expression in India
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Bhajan
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A Hindi devotional song in praise of God.
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