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The music of Armenia (Armenian: հայկական երաժշտություն haykakan yerazhshtut’yun) has its origins in the Armenian highlands, dating back to the 3rd millennium BCE, [1] [2] and is a long-standing musical tradition that encompasses diverse secular and religious, or sacred, music (such as the sharakan Armenian chant and taghs, along with the indigenous khaz musical notation).
Armenian folk music is a genre of Armenian music. [1] [2] [3] It usually uses the duduk, the kemenche, and the oud.It is very similar to folk music in the Caucasus [citation needed] and shares many similar songs and traditions with countries around Armenia, namely Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Ashik Ağalar Mikayılov playing the saz Ashugh Jivani (center, playing the kamani) with instrumentalists Soviet stamp from 1962 devoted to Sayat-Nova's 250 anniversary.. An ashik (Azerbaijani: aşıq, azb:آشؽق; Turkish: âşık; —all from Azerbaijani: aç) or ashugh (Armenian: աշուղ; Georgian: აშუღი) [1]: 1365 [2] [3] is traditionally a singer-poet and bard who ...
Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic; Armenian Dances; Armenian folk music; Armenian genocide in culture; Armenian Music Awards; Armenian opera; Armenian rock; Ashik; Avedis Zildjian Company
"Mi Gna" (Armenian: Մի Գնա, lit. 'Don't Go') is a song in Armenian and English by Armenian-American rapper Super Sako (Sarkis Balasanyan) and features vocals by the Armenian rabiz singer Spitakci Hayko (Hayk Ghevondyan). "Mi Gna" was written by Artak Aramyan with added English lyrics by Super Sako and appeared in his 2016 album Love Crimes.
Armenia's neighbor, Georgia, also has a Rabiz music scene influenced by the Armenian genre. Though the singers and their audience primarily refer to rabiz as a music genre, the term is also used broadly to refer to a certain type of subculture with its particular fashion, Russian-derived slang, and lifestyle.
The history of the Armenian duduk music is dated to the reign of the Armenian king Tigran the Great, who reigned from 95 to 55 B.C. [20] According to ethnomusicologist Dr. Jonathan McCollum, the instrument is depicted in numerous Armenian manuscripts of the Middle Ages, and is "actually the only truly Armenian instrument that's survived through ...
Medieval Armenian gusan in Ani. The origin of Armenian religious and secular songs and their instrumental counterparts takes place in time immemorial. Songs arise from various expressions of Armenian folk art such as rituals, religious practices and mythological performances in the form of music, poetry, dance and theatre. Performers of these ...