Music Culture of Azerbaijan

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1 music

1.1 mugam

1.1.1 mugam festival


1.2 meykhana
1.3 musical instruments
1.4 ashiqs





music

music of azerbaijan includes various styles reflect influences music of iran, caucasus , central asia. azerbaijani music similar iranian music , turkish.


mugam

the classical music of azerbaijan called mugam (more accurately spelled muğam), , suite poetry , instrumental interludes. sung poetry includes tahrir segments, use form of throat singing similar yodelling. poetry typically divine love , linked sufi islam. in contrast mugam traditions of central asian countries, azeri mugam more free-form , less rigid; compared improvised field of jazz. unesco proclaimed azerbaijani mugam tradition masterpiece of oral , intangible heritage of humanity on 7 november 2003. meykhana , mugham 1 of many musical traditions of azerbaijan. during mugam, singers have transform emotions singing , music. mugham singer alim qasimov revered 1 of 5 best singers of time. meykhana kind of traditional azeri distinctive folk unaccompanied song, performed several people improvising on particular subject. among national musical instruments there fourteen string instruments, 8 percussion instruments , 6 wind instruments.


mugam festival

annually cultural , musical festival held in shaki, known mugam festival.


the mugham festival founded , traditionally celebrated in azerbaijani city of shusha. last mugham festival in shusha took place in 1988. because of conflict in karabakh region, shusha has been occupied armenian forces since 1992 , azeris have fled city. today festival lives on , has been held in shaki since november 1994. every year thousands of people participate in festival.


meykhana


soviet postage stamp depicting musical instruments of azerbaijan


meykhana distinctive azerbaijani literary , folk rap tradition, consisting of unaccompanied song performed 1 or more people improvising on particular subject. name of genre comes traditional turkish meyhane (tavern, pub), originated persian words mey (wine) , hane (house). since medieval times, meyhanes places poets gather exchanging verses in extemporaneous fashion, joking , disparaging 1 another. @ end of contest, audience determined poet had improvised elegant , clever verses , declared him winner. these contests may compared modern poetry improvisation contests or rap battles.


musical instruments

instruments used in traditional azeri music include stringed instruments tar (skin faced lute), kamancha (skin faced spike fiddle), oud, barbat, , saz (long necked lute); double-reed wind instrument balaban, frame drum ghaval, cylindrical double faced drum naghara (davul), , goshe nagara (naqareh) (pair of small kettle drums). other instruments include garmon (small accordion), tutek (whistle flute), daf (frame drum) , nagara (drum) (barrel drum).


ashiqs

ashiqs traveling bards sing , play saz, form of lute. songs semi-improvised around common base.


the ashik tradition in turkic cultures of anatolia, azerbaijan , central asia has origin in shamanistic beliefs of ancient turkic peoples.








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