silk road music

Oud

string, arab, persian, fretless, evolved to lute

pipa

chinese, string, pear shaped, frets, related to lute

erhu

2 string bowed chinese violin, part of huqin family

guqin

chinese plucked zither, half tube

byzantine chant

greek christian holy music, similar to qur’an recitations

amanes

greek song cry of despair, longing, byzantine era, descended from eastern music

aşik

turkish troubadour, sings poems, name means in love in arabic

sufism

started by Hasan al-Basri, islam that uses music and dance

sufi dhikr ceremony

spinning and stomping sufi ceremony, chanting names of god

adhan

islamic call to prayer

maqam

arabic modes

dastgah

persian modes

taqsim

musical prelude to traditional arab and turkish music