Music 1170A/B Lecture : Music Lecture #7 Wedding music in Middle East and Africa
16 Oct 2011
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Zaffah: where is it practiced: wedding precession. Mulism/chrstianity was founded (read the part of the moroccan stuff in textbook) Moroccan zaffah musical style instrumentation: mazhar, nafir zagareet type of frame drum large jungles on the side very loud instrument used in weddings played one handed (unlike the daff) very heavy. Mijwiz: areophone made of 2 pipes bound together, inside each pipe is another pipe, held by both hands and played, circular breathing technique, mazhar, male voices, mijwiz, other instruments (takht ensemble) sounds of zaffah initiation of ecstacy . Words: typical subject matter, imagery, religious references, vocables: syllable that has non-lexicle meaning (syllables that have no meaning, using the moon as a symbol of female and male beauty. Yemini jews (temanim) influenced by bth arabic and jewish cultures. Live in yemen (south part of arabian peninsula) until roughly 60 yrs ago. A practice of using household items to play music (because music was banned)
