MUSC 2270 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Middle Eastern Music, Pump Organ, Tabla
11 Feb 2017
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Qawwali: a genre of sufi muslim music popular throughout north india and. Pakistan, which uses harmonium and tabla, and involves the singing of persian. Sufism: form of islamic worship involving communal ritual ceremonies featuring participatory practices such as singing, chanting, music and dance. Ghazals: poetry that is recited in middle eastern music. Repeated in different ways to portray different meanings. Each tunisian sufi tradition have distinct musical and ritual traditions. Hadra: the musical ritual ceremony of sufis in north africa. Qur"an: the holy book of islam, considered the word of god. Drum then enters and switches between 3 rhythms. Takht: small traditional ensemble in the arab world. In the 3rd to 7th century, the middle east was split into 2 empire. Multiple styles of islam, judaism, christianity and zoroastrianism. Trade routes throughout the middle east has brought different instruments. Localized village music shares stage with classical art repertoires, healing rituals and arab hip-hop.
