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period. It has about 26 triple-string courses, plucked with a piece of horn. The musician has the freedom to alter the pitch of individual courses from a quarter to a whole step by adjusting metal levers.
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era. Legend has it that Farabi played qanoun in court and alternately made people laugh, cry, or fall asleep. The qanoun developed out of string instruments described in inscriptions that date to the
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Music pervades Middle Eastern societies. While traditional music remains popular in the Middle East, modern music reconciling Western and traditional Middle Eastern styles, pop, and
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Throughout the region, religion has been a common factor in uniting peoples of different languages, cultures and nations. The predominance of Islam allowed a great deal of
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that traditionally had four strings, although current instruments have up to six courses consisting of one or two strings each. Legend has it that the oud was invented by
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Often, more traditional Middle-Eastern music can last from one to three hours in length, building up to anxiously awaited, and much applauded climaxes, or
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influence to spread through the region rapidly from the 7th century onward. The Arabic scale is strongly melodic, often
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was adopted into Middle Eastern music in the 19th century, and it is able to produce non-Western scales that include
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of Persian music. While this originates with classical music, the modal system has filtered down into
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in general. It is widely regarded that some Middle-Eastern musical styles have influenced
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is a very popular double reeded, oboe-like instrument made out of Apricot tree wood. The
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Percussion instruments play a very important role in Middle Eastern music. The complex
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is a long cane flute, played by blowing across the sharp edge while pursing the lips.
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Geographical varieties of the music in the Arabic-speaking regions of the Middle East
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that echoes sound down its long and narrow body. A similar instrument is called the
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are rapidly advancing in popularity. Lebanese singer-songwriter and diplomat
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include very complex rhythmic structures, generally tense vocal tone, and a
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Historically, the oldest pictorial record of the oud dates back to the
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is a three-part flute that is blown in one end, whereas the
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in Turkish music). The early Arabs translated and developed
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The Oxford Journals: Music and Letters 1929 X(2):108-123;
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Geographical varieties of non-Arabic Middle Eastern music
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led to many variations on the instrument, including the
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Used mostly in court music for royals and the rich, the
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Systema ametabolon, enharmonium, chromatikon, diatonon
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add a higher rhythmic line to rhythm laid down with
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Armenian music
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Egyptian music
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maqamat
makam
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musical theory
music of ancient Greece
dastgah
folk
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Arabic music
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