Turkish music: a cultural cartographical survey What is today called Turkish music seems to be largely coming from Anatolia, but it also comes from the western side of the Bosporus. All this variety of music is in fact part of a widespread culture belonging to the larger area the …
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The kora is a 21-string bridge-harp, originating from, and used extensively in, West-African countries, such as Mali, Gambia, and Senegal. Kora music being part of the oral tradition, its music was not written until the 20th century. The ethnomusicologists were the only ones to notate the instrument in the …
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Pygmy music, as it is found in Africa. Pygmy is a term used for various ethnic groups worldwide whose average height is unusually short; anthropologists define pygmy as any group whose adult men grow to less than 150 cm (59 inches) in average height1. The map below shows the …
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