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Music of Afghanistan
Culture and Music in Afghanistan
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Undergraduate 4
12/15/2010

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Afghanistan's cultural areas are?
Definition
Central Asia, Middle East, South Asia
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Afghanistan shares borders with:
Definition
Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, China, Pakistan
Term
What ethnic group makes up 50% of Afghanistan's population?
Definition
Pashtun, speaking Pashto
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Used as blanket term for various Persion dialects, 30% Afghani population?
Definition
Tajiks
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Three regions most Tajiks reside?
Definition
Herat - (West)
Turkestan - (North)
Badakshan - (Northeast
Term
Where do most Pashto speakers live?
Definition
South East Region
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Ethnic group that makes up 10% of Afghani population?
Definition
Turkic, along with Uzbeks and Turkmens, mainly in the North
Term
Afghanistan's Eastern Provinces were part of what Empire in the 16th-18th century?
Definition
The Moghul Empire
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What are the four sources of Afghanistan's Art Music?
Definition
1. elite, persianized Pashtuns
2. Persian Classical Poetry
3. North Indian Classical
4. Court music brought from Punjab
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What decade did Afghani Art Music reach its zenith?
Definition
1920's
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In what decade did Radio Afghanistan come into play?
Definition
1940's
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What are three common Afghani music venues?
Definition
small city theaters, tea houses, spring fairs
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1. 1978
2. 1979
3. 1979-1989
4. 1992
5. 1996-2001
6. 2001
Definition
1. People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan take control
2. Us fund Mujahadeen
3. Soviet Occupation
4. Communist Regime topples
5. Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Civil War
6. U.S. War following 9/11
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Rubab
Definition
Short-necked lute with sympathetic strings
Term
Herati Dutar
Definition
Long necked lute, 3 string or 14 string with sympathetic strings
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Khorasani Dutar
Definition
2 string, long necked lute
Term
tanbur
Definition
long necked lute, sympathetic strings
Term
Dambura
Definition
(Uzbek), 2 stringed frettless lute
Term
two types of rubab?
Definition
Afghan and Pamiri
Term
ghijak
Definition
spike-fiddle
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Sarinda
Definition
bowed lute
Term
armonia
Definition
hand-pumped harmonium
Term
sorna
Definition
double-reed shawm
Term
nal/ney
Definition
long end-blown flute - Pashtun/Baluch
Term
tuiduk
Definition
Long End-blown flute, Turkmen
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Pashtun Instrumental Ensemble
Definition
Harmonium, vocals, rubab, sarinda, and dohul or tabla
Term
dastan
Definition
epic depicting historical events, often wars
Term
landai (4 points)
Definition
1. two line, non-rhyming couplet set to music, compare to Haiku
2. sung to stock melodies
3. several strung together
4. from woman's perspective, but sung by men
Term
What is the main group of influence for music in Herat?
Definition
Tajik Music
Term
chaharbeti - what is it, and where is it from?
Definition
singing quatrains in free rhythm, connections to classical singing style in Iran
Term
what is the most important instrument in Tajik Music?
Definition
Herati Dutar
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Typical Uzbek ensemble in Afghanistan?
Definition
dambura, ghijak, finger cymbals, two singers
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What cultural cohort in Afghanistan targets audience members for satire?
Definition
Uzbeks
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Hazara Music qualities
Definition
primarily vocal, sometimes dambura accompaniment
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