• countries of the Middle East, the Iranian traditions of Persia, the Jewish music of Israel and the diaspora, Armenian music. Azeri Music, the varied traditions...
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    tradition Middle Eastern music – Music of the Middle Eastern region Orientalism – Imitation or depiction of Eastern culture Russia and the Middle East –...
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  • A longa (Arabic: لونجا) is a Turkish / Eastern European dance, that was later introduced into Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah...
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  • Middle Eastern Americans are Americans of Middle Eastern background. Although once considered Asian Americans, the modern definition of "Asian American"...
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    5% of the Middle Eastern population, down from 13% in the early 20th century. Cyprus is the only Christian majority country in the Middle East, with...
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  • (Turkish: Arabesk) is a style of Turkish music popular in Turkey, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. The genre was particularly...
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    early Ottoman music was not significantly different from those of earlier Near and Middle Eastern societies; modal, heterophonic music with a richly developed...
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  • and usually called with a third name of its own. The Turkish and Middle Eastern music has around a dozen such basic short scales that are combined to form...
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  • Arabian Peninsula music was similar to that of Ancient Middle Eastern music. Most historians agree that there existed distinct forms of music in the Arabian...
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    Thievery Corporation (category American electronic music duos)
    elements of dub, acid jazz, reggae, Indian classical, Middle Eastern music, hip hop and Brazilian music, including bossa nova. Thievery Corporation was formed...
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  • Middle Eastern hip hop is hip hop music and culture originating in the Middle East. It is performed in many languages such as English, local Arabic dialects...
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    Takhat) is the representative musical ensemble, the orchestra, of Middle Eastern music. In Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, and Jordan, the ensemble consists...
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  • September 1961. The album features Lateef's continued exploration of Middle Eastern music, which were incorporated into his version of hard bop with a quartet...
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  • Jazz and Middle-Eastern music. Vancouver-based act Ivan Tucakov and Tambura Rasa explores this style and beyond. Traditional Balkan music mixed with...
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    2009-10-28. Retrieved 2007-09-20. "Bedouin music". Bedouin Discovery. 2017-01-20. Retrieved 2022-10-07. Middle East Report, No. 169, Crossing the Line,...
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  • Anti–Middle Eastern sentiment is hostility to, prejudice towards, or discrimination against people who belong to or originate from the various ethnic groups...
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    The West–Eastern Divan Orchestra is based in Seville, Spain, and consists of musicians from countries across the Spanish world and the Middle East—of Egyptian...
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    widely renowned as one of the most important figures in 20th century Middle Eastern music. Bashir is widely regarded both for his extensive mastery of the...
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  • religion, being adhered to by at least 90% of the population in every Middle Eastern country except for Jewish-majority Israel, religiously diverse Lebanon...
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    was and still is an important element in Turkish and Middle Eastern music traditions. Such music existed prior to the 13th century and the First Crusade...
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    Western music, nor is the music systematically microtonal in the way that Middle Eastern music is. Nusach terminology, as developed for Cantorial music in...
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  • Plainsong (category Church music)
    of plainsong is still heard in Middle Eastern music being performed today. Although the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox churches did not split...
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  • Richard Trillo, eds. (February 2000). Rough Guide to World Music. Vol. 1: Africa, Europe & The Middle East (2nd ed.). London: Rough Guides. pp. 413–716....
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  • eclectic sound, including elements of Americana, psychedelia, and Middle-Eastern music. Molla played steel guitar on some songs, and Segel played mandolin...
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  • Egyptian archaeology. Egyptian modern music is considered as a main core of Middle Eastern and Oriental music as it has a huge influence on the region...
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  • tonicization. — Berry (1976) The dominant is an important concept in Middle Eastern music. In the Persian Dastgah, Arabic maqam and the Turkish makam, scales...
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  • found in guitar scale books, along with other scales inspired by Middle Eastern music. It is characterized by the liberal use of half steps (4), augmented...
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  • influences such as Middle Eastern music tradition with rock - such as Majaz and Aalaat. There is also a small yet active electronic dance music in Bahrain with...
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    Dead Can Dance (category Australian world music groups)
    solemn beauty; African polyrhythms, Gaelic folk, Gregorian chant, Middle Eastern music, mantras, and art rock." Having temporarily disbanded in 1998, they...
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  • other Middle Eastern music. They used simple harmonies, and preferred the natural minor to melodic and harmonic minors used by European music. They especially...
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