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Iso-Polyphony () is a traditional part of music of Albania, Albanian folk music and, as such, is included in UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. Albanian Iso-Polyphony is considered to have its roots in the many-voiced ''vajtim'', the southern Albanian traditional lamentation of the dead. The instrumental expression of the Albanian Iso-Polyphony evolved into the Albanian ''Kaba (Albanian music), kaba''. All four regions of southern Albania—Lalëria (Myzeqe), Toskeria, Toskëria, Chameria, Çamëria, and Labëria—have Polyphony#Balkan region, polyphonic song as part of their culture. A related form of polyphonic singing is found in northern Albania, in the area of Peshkopi; Polog, Tetovo, Kičevo and Gostivar in North Macedonia; and Malësia in northern Albania and southern Montenegro.Ardian Ahmedaja, Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean', Volume 1, p. 210, 243–44. . ...
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Iso-polyphony
Iso-Polyphony () is a traditional part of Albanian folk music and, as such, is included in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list. Albanian Iso-Polyphony is considered to have its roots in the many-voiced '' vajtim'', the southern Albanian traditional lamentation of the dead. The instrumental expression of the Albanian Iso-Polyphony evolved into the Albanian '' kaba''. All four regions of southern Albania—Lalëria (Myzeqe), Toskëria, Çamëria, and Labëria—have polyphonic song as part of their culture. A related form of polyphonic singing is found in northern Albania, in the area of Peshkopi; Polog, Tetovo, Kičevo and Gostivar in North Macedonia; and Malësia in northern Albania and southern Montenegro.Ardian Ahmedaja, Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean', Volume 1, p. 210, 243–44. . Labëria is particular well known for multipart singing; songs can have two, three, or four parts. Two-part songs are su ...
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