Xinjiang Music in China
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region is led by the Uyghurs a Turkic tribe that is related to others from the Central Asia, the Uyghurs’ is...
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The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous region is led by
the Uyghurs a Turkic tribe that is related to others from the Central Asia, the
Uyghurs’ is best-known by their musical way that is the On Ikki Muqam, a
difficult suite of twelve sections related to Uzbek and Tajik forms. These
difficult symphonies vary widely between suites in the same muqam and are built
on seven-note scale. The instruments typically include the dap (a drum),
dulcimers, fiddles and lutes; which the performers have some space for personal
embellishments, especially in the drum, the most significant performers is the
Turdi Akhum who recorded most of the muqams in the year 1950s.
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