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a written representation, description, and interpretation of some aspect of music culture
musical ethnography
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aspect of the musical culture being represented
subject
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chanting religious text
cantillation
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iron bell or gong
gankogui
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a dried gourd the size of a cantaloupe covered with a net strung with seeds
axatse
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high pitch and dry timbre of this slender drum cuts through the more mellow midrange sounds of other drums
kaganu
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traditions are dispersed beyond the boundaries of the region
diaspora
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comprises 7 instrumentalists who play the most important instruments in Arab traditional music
takht
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playing together on the same pitches
unison
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fast strumming or picking up and down on a string
tremolo
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repetitive pattern
ostinato
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musical mode or scale in arab world
maqam
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two small drums, one of metal and pot shaped. the other of wood and cylindrical
tabla
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devotional song. is sung primarily as an offering to god
bhajan
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classical music of south india
karnataka sangeeta
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the english word for karnataka sangeeta
carnatic music
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the principal song form of south indian classical music
kriti
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time cycle in indian music
tala
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double headed barrel shaped drum from india
mridangam
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beats are grouped into regularly recurring metric cycles
talas
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a free flowing exposition and exploration of the raga and its facets and phrases
alapana
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