WorldMusic

Central Asia

6 genres

Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Turkmenistan. The classical court traditions Shashmaqam (Uzbek-Tajik) and Mugham (Azerbaijani) anchor the region, alongside the long-necked dutar and the Kazakh dombra.

Most popular

  • ClassicalUyghur Twelve MuqamThe 12 great suites of the Uyghur classical tradition — instrumental, vocal and dance music in a single 8-12 hour cycle from Xinjiang.
  • Folk & WorldUrtin Duu (Long Song)Mongolian long-song — single syllables stretched into ornament-laden lines of fifteen or twenty seconds, evoking steppe and sky.
  • Folk & WorldMorin KhuurMongolian two-string bowed horsehead fiddle and the repertoire built around it.
  • Folk & WorldTuvan Throat SingingSouthern Siberian overtone singing — simultaneous pitches from one throat, mimicking horses, wind and rivers of the Tuva steppe.
  • Folk & WorldKhoomeiCentral Asian throat singing in which a single voice produces a drone and a melodic overtone simultaneously.
  • ClassicalDuduk MusicArmenian double-reed wind music: a single instrument's voice held close to human speech, played in slow lament.

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モンゴル

China

Russia

アルメニア

By decade

Before 1900

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