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Music of Azerbaijan builds on folk traditions that reach back nearly 1,000 years.^[1] For centuries Azerbaijani music has evolved under the badge of monody, producing rhythmically diverse melodies.^[2] Azerbaijani music has a branchy mode system, where chromatisation of major and minor scales is of great importance.^[2] As is the case also with Arabic and Turkish and even more evidently, much of the musical terminology of Azerbaijani cultures is of Persian origin.^[3]

[edit] Mugam

Main article: Mugam

[edit] Musical instruments

Soviet postage stamp depicting musical instruments of Azerbaijan

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

[edit] Ashiqs

Main article: Ashiq

Ashiqs are traveling bards who sing and play the saz, a form of lute. Their songs are semi-improvised around a common base.

[edit] Azeri Musicians

The most famous contemporary Azeri musicians are perhaps jazz singer Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and her father, Vagif Mustafa Zadeh, who are quite popular internationally in jazz circles.

Mugam singers:

Popular music singers

Classic music singers

All time classics

Composers:

International Azerbaijani musicians and bands

Kamancheh players

Tar players

Balaban players

Alihan Samedov

Oboe players

Kamil Jalilov

Saz players

Adalat Nasibov

[edit] References

Broughton, Simon and Sultanova, Razia. "Bards of the Golden Road". 2000. In Broughton, Simon and Ellingham, Mark with McConnachie, James and Duane, Orla (Ed.), World Music, Vol. 2: Latin & North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific, pp 24–31. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ISBN 1-85828-636-0
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[edit] Notes

^ David C. King. Azerbaijan, Marshall Cavendish, 2006, p. 94
^ ^a ^b Энциклопедический музыкальный словарь, 2-е изд., Москва, 1966 (Encyclopedical Music Dictionary (1966), 2nd ed., Moscow)
^ Nettl, Bruno (2006). "Iran xi. PERSIAN MUSIC". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. 13. http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v13f5/v13f5005.html. Excerpt: An important aspect of Persian music history is the influence of Persian music in South and West Asia. Much of the musical terminology of Arabic, Turkish, and (most of all) Azerbaijani cultures is of Persian origin.
^ during, J. (2001). Azerbaijan. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
^ EurasiaNet Civil Society - The Baku Jazz Festival: Reviving a Tradition in Azerbaijan
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[0] David C. King. Azerbaijan, Marshall Cavendish, 2006, p. 94

[EMD-1] Энциклопедический музыкальный словарь, 2-е изд., Москва, 1966 (Encyclopedical Music Dictionary (1966), 2nd ed., Moscow)

[2] Nettl, Bruno (2006). "Iran xi. PERSIAN MUSIC". Encyclopaedia Iranica. Vol. 13. http://www.iranica.com/newsite/articles/unicode/v13f5/v13f5005.html. Excerpt: An important aspect of Persian music history is the influence of Persian music in South and West Asia. Much of the musical terminology of Arabic, Turkish, and (most of all) Azerbaijani cultures is of Persian origin.

[3] uring, J. (2001). Azerbaijan. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.

[4] EurasiaNet Civil Society - The Baku Jazz Festival: Reviving a Tradition in Azerbaijan

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