MUSC 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Belly Dance, Unit, Goblet Drum
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Large muslim influence (sufi, or islam-based musics) Wide range of religions practiced in these areas, but much of the music is muslim. Term middle east took hold after wwii; served as a passageway bw england and. British india (much exchange takes place along the way; key military points) Diverse political ideas among these various countries. *note on musical values: cultural values; ideas of musiqi vs. khandan a spectrum of definitions about music . Khandan means sacred/special (does not connote music; viewed as possibly dangerous in muslim culture not religion, per se). May refer to qu"ran recitations (sacred, improvised, vocal, non-metric and a solo performance) which may sound musical but are not considered music. Musiqi = considered music in some areas (must be secular, composed, metric, instrumental and performed in an ensemble). Would include things like popular music (can be dangerous ). Recitation & morshed = khandan, traditional tasnif/taqsim/avaz music (halal), belly dancing = popular/musiqi (harem)
