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Arab Video Tapes (16)
common instruments – davul (drum) and zurna (double reed instrument)
Asiks – troubadours
Turkish Military music – prominently featured trumpets and kettle drums
16-1 “Azan” – Turkish call to worship from the minaret of a mosque by a muezzin
(caller)
16-2 “Eski ordu marsi” – military music of the Ottoman Empire. Lyrics espouse valour
and military honour. Instruments include the cevgen (staff with bells attached), zurna,
boru (trumpet), nakkare (2 bowl-shaped drums) davul (double headed drum), timpani,
zils (small cymbals)
16-3 Hancer Dance – Turkish dance of the knives - zurna uses circular breathing to
create continuous sound (like bagpipes)
16-4 Gaziantep (Turkey) regional dance – leylim dance
16-5 Black Sea (Turkey) regional dance – horon dance, 7/8 meter, w/ zurna, davul
16-6 Afyon (Turkish) regional dance – hatcem dance – based on aksak meter
(2+2+2+3) Instruments include kasik (spoons) played by dancers. Dancers are
accompanied by darrabuka (drum), kaval (vertical flute), baglama saz ( lute)
16-7 Saz – plucked lute solo by the 5 or 7 string Turkish saz (lute) – saz is often used for
accompanying narrative singing.
16-8 Silifke regional dance (southern Turkey) - kasik spoon dance - depicts yogurt
making
16-9 Asik – troubadour song. An asik is a troubadour.
16-10 Sema – Islamic dances of the whirling dervishes from Mevlevi sect of the Sunni
Muslims. The dance is performed to achieve religious ecstasy, and was once
banned by government. Accompanied by accompanied by ney (end blown flute),
rebab (spike fiddle), ud, 60 string kanun (zither), kudum (kettle shaped drum)
Iran
16-11 Santur – “Nagagme-ye Karevan” – santur is a 70 string Iranian dulcimer. This
song is primarily improvised.

Iraq
16-12 Bedouin dance – accompanied by zurna and tabl (double-headed drum)
16-13 “Ya Zahrat al-madiyin” – Contemporary Iraqi song. Accompanaied by matbudj
(double-pipe clarinet), naqqara (pair of kettle drums), darabukka (goblet shaped drum),
and riqqs (tambourines). Features call-and-response with the singer.
Lebanon
16-14 “Ya Qalbi” – Lebanese popular song. Accompanied by contemporary Arab folk
music orchestra, chorus, and western instruments.
16-15 Belly dance – originated in Bedouin society. Accompanied by nai (cane flute),
zurna, darabukka, violin, accordion, qanun (plucked zither), and duf (frame drum).
Qatar
16-16 Traditional song of the Persian Gulf states – This is khammari (festive dance
style). Style is found throughout the Persian Gulf region and characterized by male solo -
female chorus response. Leader directs rhythm and tempo with tabl (double-headed
drum).
16-17 Bedouin song and dance – women’s song traditionally sung at weddings.
16-18 Mortar pounding song – work song used when pounding oats into flour. Some
call-and-response between members of the group.
16-19 Song and dance of welcome – dance/song style used to welcome new government
officials (apparently governments changed with great regularity beginning in the 1950s).