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Naghara
The ''nagara'' or ''naghara'' is a drum used in India. There are several types of naghara, which is considered to be the lead instrument in mandir ceremonies and weddings. These are typically two drums, one treble and one bass and are played with sticks. In Sikh traditions, the naghara is used as a large singular ceremonial drum in Gatka performances and was used historically in battle. In Central Asia and the Middle East, the naghara is considered to be only one drum and differs in size and goes by various names such as " boyuk nagara" (big naghara), " cura nagara" (small naghara), "chiling naghara" (played with drum sticks), " Qoltuq nagara" (drum held under the arm), gosha naghara (Naqareh) and "el naghara" (hand naghara). Nagada (Indian Drum) is a percussion instrument used for its rhythmic sounds.. Nakara is a festival instrument mostly used in South Indian Hindu temples. The size may vary and this instrument may be kept near the entrance of the South Indian Hindu temp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani Musical Instruments
Azerbaijani traditional musical instruments are a family of ancient string, wind and percussion instruments used in the performance of Azerbaijani folk music, Azerbaijani traditional music. Types of instruments Instruments used in traditional Azerbaijani music include the stringed instruments ''Tar (lute), tar'' (skin faced lute), the ''kamancha'' (skin faced spike fiddle), the ''oud'', originally ''barbat'', and the ''baglama, saz'' (long necked lute); the double-reed wind instrument ''Balaban (instrument), balaban'', the frame drum ''ghaval'', the cylindrical double faced drum ''nagara (drum), nagara'' (''davul''), and the ''goshe nagara'' (''naqareh'') (pair of small kettle drums). Other instruments include the ''garmon'' (small accordion), ''Dilli kaval, tutek'' (whistle flute), and ''daf'' (frame drum). The zurna and naghara duo is played at weddings and other local celebrations. Instruments can be played individually, in an improvisational manner, in ensembles, during tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qoltuq Nagara
The Qoltuq nagara of Azerbaijan (Armpit drum) (, ka, დოლი, ) is a folk drum with double head that is played on one side with the bare hands. It is used in Uzbekistan, Turkey, Iranian Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia Georgia and other Caucasus regions. It has different names, according to the territory in which it is played. This membranophone is different from the dhol and nagara of India. Dhol in Armenia The dhol is a common folk instrument played in Armenia, as well as historically throughout Armenian history, since the times of Cilicia, the Armenian Kingdom. The dhol may be played with sticks, mallets, or with the palms of the hands and the fingers. Once used during military campaigns, the dhol is now played in folkloric trios (the duduk and zurna complementing the dhol) and orchestra. The Armenian Highlands have been home to Armenians for thousands of years, so it is believed that either the Armenian merchants from Silk Road broug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persian Musical Instruments
Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: Persian traditional music, classical, Persian Symphonic Music, Western and Iranian folk music, folk. Most of Persian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia and through adaptation, relations, and trade, in Europe and far regions of Asia. In the ancient era, the Silk Road had an effective role in this distribution. String instruments Orchestral *Tar (lute), Tar *Setar *Kamancheh *Ghaychak *barbat (lute), Barbat *Chang (instrument)/Angular harp *Santoor (Persian instrument), Santoor *Qanun (instrument), Qānūn * Shurangiz Safavid-style portrait, female musician plays a tar.jpg, Tar Woman with a setar, Safavid Iran, Isfahan (ca. 1600-1610).jpg, Setar, ca. 1610 A court musician playing the kemanche, painting by Abul Qasim, Qajar Iran.jpg, Kamancheh Woman playing a santur, Qajar Iran, artist named Ahma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cura Nagara
The Cura nagara (small nagara) is a folk drum used in the traditional music of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... Since it is smaller than the main nagara, it is called "cura" nagara. The diameter of its body is 300–320 mm, and its height is 340–360 mm. References Drums Asian percussion instruments Turkish musical instruments Music of Azerbaijan Azerbaijani musical instruments {{Membranophone-instrument-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani music ( Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan musiqisi) is the musical tradition of the Azerbaijani people from the Azerbaijan Republic. Azerbaijani music has evolved under the badge of monody, producing rhythmically diverse melodies.Энциклопедический музыкальный словарь, 2-е изд., Москва, 1966 (''Encyclopedical Music Dictionary'' (1966-1967), 2nd ed., Moscow) Music from Azerbaijan has a branch mode system, where chromatisation of major and minor scales is of great importance. Classical music In 1920, Azerbaijani classical music had undergone a renaissance and the Baku Academy of Music was founded to give classical musicians the same support as folk musicians. Modern-day advocates of Western classical music in Azerbaijani include Farhad Badalbeyli, Fidan Gasimova and Franghiz Alizadeh. Opera and Ballet The emergence of opera and ballet in Azerbaijan is associated with the Imperial Russian and Soviet eras of Azerbaijani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zurna
The zurna is a double reed wind instrument played in Central Asia, West Asia, the Caucasus, Southeast Europe and parts of North Africa. It is also used in Sri Lanka. It is usually accompanied by a davul (bass drum) in Armenian, Anatolian and Assyrian folk music. The zurna is largely played in Turkey. Etymology and terminology A folk etymology explains that the name is derived from Persian "" (''surnāy''), composed of "" (''sūr'') meaning "banquet, feast", and (''nāy'') meaning "reed, pipe". The term is attested in the oldest Turkic records, as "''suruna''" in the 12th and 13th century Codex Cumanicus (CCM fol. 45a). Zurna has also been suggested as a possible borrowing from Hittite or Luwian into the Armenian language, where Arm. զուռնա ''zuṙna'' is compared to Luwian ''zurni'' "horn". Origins The zurna was said to originate from Central Asia and ancient Asia Minor (Anatolia). Images of the zurna are visible in stone reliefs and artwork by the Hittites, who wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Instruments Of Georgia (country)
A rich variety of musical instruments are known from Georgia (country), Georgia. Among the most popular instruments are blown instruments, like the Larchemi, soinari, known in Mingrelia, Samegrelo as larchemi (Georgian panpipe), stviri (flute), gudastviri (bagpipe), string instruments like Changi (harp), changi (harp), Choghur, chonguri (four stringed unfretted long neck lute), panduri (three stringed fretted long neck lute), bowed chuniri, known also as chianuri, and a variety of drums. Georgian musical instruments are traditionally overshadowed by the rich vocal traditions of Georgia, and subsequently received much less attention from Georgian (and Western) scholars. Dimitri Arakishvili and particularly Manana Shilakadze contributed to the study of musical instrument in Georgia.Manana Shilakadze. 1970. Georgian Folk Instruments and Instrumental Music. Tbilisi: Metsniereba List of instruments Wind instruments: Larchemi, larchemi/soinari, salamuri, pilili, Tulum (bagpipe), gudas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Georgia (country)
Georgia has rich and still vibrant traditional music, primarily known for arguably the earliest polyphonic tradition of the Christian world. Situated on the border of Europe and Asia, Georgia is also the home of a variety of urban singing styles with a mixture of native polyphony, Middle Eastern monophony and late European harmonic languages. Georgian performers are well represented in the world's leading opera troupes and concert stages. Folk music The folk music of Georgia consists of at least fifteen regional styles, known in Georgian musicology and ethnomusicology as "musical dialects". According to Edisher Garaqanidze, there are sixteen regional styles in Georgia. These sixteen regions are traditionally grouped into two, eastern and western Georgian groups. The Eastern Georgian group of musical dialects consists of the two biggest regions of Georgia, Kartli and Kakheti (Garakanidze united them as "Kartli-Kakheti"); several smaller north-east Georgian mountain regions, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Musical Instruments
Turkish musical instruments are the traditional and modern instruments used in the folk music, musical traditions of the Turkish people. They play a central role in Turkish folk music, Ottoman classical music, and modern Turkish compositions. These instruments can be categorized into three main groups: String instrument, stringed, Wind instrument, wind, and Percussion instrument, percussion instruments. Stringed instruments * Bağlama, Bağlama (Saz) * Tanbur * Kemençe * Qanun (instrument), Kanun * Oud, Ud * Ahenk * Çeng * Classical kemençe * Kemençe of the Black Sea, Karadeniz kemençe * Cümbüş * Yaylı tambur * Rebab / Kabak kemane * Sine kemanı * Cura (instrument), Cura * Komuz * Rud * Lavta * Mugni * Santur * Shahrud, Şehrud * Tar (string instrument), Tar Wind instruments * Zurna * Tulum * Mey (instrument), Mey * Düdük * Kaval * Çığırtma * Karkm * Dankiyo * Gaida, Gayda * Arghul, Çifte * Ney * Turkish ney * Sipsi * Dilli kaval * Tin whistle, Dilli ney * Miskal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Percussion Instruments
Asian may refer to: * Items from or related to the continent of Asia: ** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia ** Asian culture, the culture of the people from Asia ** Asian cuisine, food based on the style of food of the people from Asia ** Asian (cat), a cat breed similar to the Burmese but in a range of different coat colors and patterns * Asii (also Asiani), a historic Central Asian ethnic group mentioned in Roman-era writings * Asian option, a type of option contract in finance * Asyan, a village in Iran See also * * * East Asia * South Asia * Southeast Asia Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ... * Asiatic (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
