Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The modal concepts in Iranian folk music are linked to those of the country's classical music. Many of Iran's folk songs have the potential of being adapted into major or minor tonalities, [7] and Iranian singers of both classical and folk music may improvise the lyric and the melody within the appropriate musical mode. [8]
Hassan was born on 18 July 1927 [15] in the village of Luna, then located in the Jaipur State of the Rajputana Agency in British India but now in the Indian state of Rajasthan, into a family of traditional musicians. [12] He claims to be the 16th generation of hereditary musicians hailing from the Kalawant clan of musicians.
Music is made using many traditional instruments Sarangi, Harmonium, Chimta, Dhadd, Dholak, Manjeera, Khartal, Damaru, Duggi, Daf, Bansuri, Been, Ghungroo, Dhak, Gharha (by adding rubber cover on top of the pitcher), Thali (beaten with a stick to make music) and Shankha. [citation needed] Other instruments are: [citation needed]
The term traditional music is often used as a broad classification of music genres that contrasts with popular music, designated mostly for developing and transmitting through musical traditions, either art, folk, or religious ones.
The Mahdi (Arabic: ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: al-Mahdī, lit. 'the Guided'; Persian: مهدی) is a figure in Islamic eschatology who is believed to appear at the End of Times to rid the world of evil and injustice.
A "row" in the theory of Iranian music, is the arrangement of songs and melodies. Each of these songs, called a corner. Instrument. "Instrument" in traditional Iranian music, refers to a collection of several melodies (corners) that are in harmony with each other in steps, tunes, and intervals of notes. Song. "Song", here is: A special kind of ...
The Sound Directions Project was a joint project between Indiana University's Archives of Traditional Music and Harvard University's Archive of World Music and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities between 2005 and 2011. Phase 1 consisted of testing and determining the best practices and workflows for digital audio preservation.
The Traditional Tune Archive (TTA) is the searchable digital library of traditional music from Ireland, Great Britain and North America organized alphabetically, by tune title, with alternate or additional titles and variants cross-referenced, music in standard and ABC notation, annotated information on history and context, along with references and internet links for further reference.