Caucasian Armenian Mugham & Daf Solo

This is an experimental piece loosely based on Mugham Sega, one of the most commonly performed mugham-s. The mugham system is a collection of 7 main scales or modes each with their own particular character. This music is played throughout the Caucasus region. The shevi (shepherd's flute) which I chose as the solo instrument, was intentionally played with long extended notes in a manner similar to the kamancha (bowed fiddle) and duduk using less ornamentation than is commonly heard. Also, I chose to base the piece on a progression of rhythms associated more with folk dance music than mugham performances. Basically this is an experimental hybrid from which new musical ideas were generated. It was recorded in one session with no editing.

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• mugam
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• dhol
• naghara
• Armenian
• Caucasian
• doira
• dam
• duduk
• shevi
• daf
• segah
• kamancha
• ara
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[vag011]

||| Armenia |||

[aramusician]

@vag011

thanks bro

[ironshota]

armenian is not caucasian...they are differetn from caucasian by blood, tradtion and clothes...look chechens, dags, Georgian ossetian and understand it...armenian is indoeuropian not caucasian

[aramusician]

@ironshota

of course the Armenian language is Indo-European. I wasn't referring to languages. The Caucasus region has Kartvelian languages, Indo-European languages, Turkic languages and maybe some others.

[glorplaxy]

sounds more like an armenian dhol or a dayereh or a qaval/ghaval than a daf. the daf has a different sound.

[aramusician]

@glorplaxy

its a caucasian armenian daf

[GlendaleAstrid]

Ara,

Your music is excellent! Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to see more of your Armenian stuff.

[aramusician]

mugham is basically a variant of persian dastgah played throughout the caucasus region. the rhythms and scales are influenced heavily by the local music and there are variations depending on different sub-regions. the rhythm at the end is georgian as you said, and used throughout the caucasus. like most regional music, its basic elements are heavily shared among a number of ethnic groups in the region.

[nuneh]

@MshoSultanKarapet germans are caucasian.

[MshoSultanKarapet]

@nuneh wo are you mad germans have you ever seen a german person

[nuneh]

@ironshota THERE IS NO CAUCASIAN LANGUAGE.

you don't know what you are talking about.

CAUCASIAN ----> race

INDO-EUROPEAN ----> language

armenians, greeks, assyrians, germans... etc. are ALL CAUCASIAN. if you knew anything, you would not be wasting my time like this with your out of this world knowledge.

[aramusician]

@needD2bot

i used a caucasian armenian daf