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Repertoire of melodies and scales used to improvise in a particular mode.
[not used as a performance piece] |
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Mode
Has a particular scale, mood, patterns of notes associated with the mode. |
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Spiritual "music"
ex: Chanting the Koran
Non-metric
Unaccompanied
Improvised |
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Secular song
Metered
Uses instruments
Not necessarily improvised
Undesirable to "traditionalists" |
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Hammer dulcimer
struck chordophone used in India and Middle East |
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Lute/Chordophone
Found in Arabic music
from Europe - popular during the Rennaisance |
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Plucked lute from Iran
Double bowl body
4 strings
Adjustable frets |
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"Four hammers"
Very fast repeated melodic phrase with regular beat |
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Unmetered
improvised
vocal or instrumental song |
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metered
composed song with words
vocal or instrumental
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Indian melodic modes
based on time of day, painting
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