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the middle east
LC 23385
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2003-02-17
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2025-01-16
Songs, rhythms and instruments native to the Middle East.
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ESL004801
1:49
Featuring the ud, or lute, on a traditional song known from Lebanon to Iran. 89 bpm
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ESL004802
1:01
Featuring the ud, or lute, on a traditional song known from Lebanon to Iran. 89 bpm
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ESL004803
1:01
An Anatolian 5 beat rhythm played on an Iranian handheld cowhide daff drum. Accompanied by double bass; 89 bpm
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ESL004804
1:02
A simple combination of zurna (oboe) or ney (flute) with percussion. 89 bpm
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ESL004805
1:02
A simple combination of zurna (oboe) or ney (flute) with percussion. Accompanied by double bass; 89 bpm
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ESL004806
1:01
One or the most commonly played rhythms in the Arabic/Islamic world. The drum is a modern metal Turkish darabuka; 144 bpm
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ESL004807
1:15
One or the most commonly played rhythms in the Arabic/Islamic world. The drum is a modern metal Turkish darabuka; 144 bpm
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ESL004808
1:37
One or the most commonly played rhythms in the Arabic/Islamic world. The drum is a modern metal Turkish darabuka; 115 bpm
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ESL004809
1:01
One or the most commonly played rhythms in the Arabic/Islamic world. The drum is a modern metal Turkish darabuka; 121 bpm
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ESL004810
1:02
One or the most commonly played rhythms in the Arabic/Islamic world. The drum is a modern metal Turkish darabuka; 121 bpm
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ESL004811
1:01
A rhythm native to the Gulf, Iran and Iraq. Found in the region's folk and pop music, here it is played in its most paired down form, on the metal rim of the darabuka; 89 bpm
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ESL004812
2:42
Taqsim is a generic term for a slow free rhythm instrumental solo accompanied by bass and daff drum
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ESL004813
2:07
Taqsim is a generic term for a slow free rhythm instrumental solo accompanied by bass and daff drum
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ESL004814
1:02
Based on the Northern Iranian or Kurdish group circle dance. The group moves anticlockwise around a fire and will join in singing; 127 bpm
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ESL004815
1:15
Based on the Northern Iranian or Kurdish group circle dance. The group moves anticlockwise around a fire and will join in singing; 127 bpm
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ESL004816
1:02
Based on the Northern Iranian or Kurdish group circle dance. The group moves anticlockwise around a fire and will join in singing; 126 bpm
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ESL004817
4:43
A Turkish derived rhythm which mixes units of two and three. As played in Northern Iraq and Iran, Lebanon, Turkey and the Balkans. The melody instrument is the saz, or long necked lute; 142 bpm
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ESL004818
2:11
A Turkish derived rhythm which mixes units of two and three. As played in Northern Iraq and Iran, Lebanon, Turkey and the Balkans. The melody instrument is the saz, or long necked lute; 144 bpm
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ESL004819
1:02
A simple combination of zurna (oboe) or ney (flute) with percussion is common to group music making in Kurdistan, Anatolia and Turkey right to the Balkans.
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ESL004820
0:47
A simple combination of zurna (oboe) or ney (flute) with percussion is common to group music making in Kurdistan, Anatolia and Turkey right to the Balkans.
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ESL004821
1:57
A minor mode or maqam played throughout the Islamic world, played here as a taqsim with variations
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ESL004822
3:32
A minor mode or maqam played throughout the Islamic world, played here as a taqsim with variations
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ESL004823
1:32
A minor mode or maqam played throughout the Islamic world, played here as a taqsim with variations
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ESL004824
1:02
A minor mode or maqam played throughout the Islamic world, played here as a taqsim with variations