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Middle East Flashcards

1
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Maghrib

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Time or place of the sunset

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Mashriq

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Time or place of sunrise

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Adhan

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The call to prayer in Islam, uttered five times daily.

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Muhammad

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Muslim prophet that spread Islam

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Sunni

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The mainstream Muslim branch that believes that Muhammad does not have a successor

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Shia

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Branch of Islam that believes that Muhammad has a successor, Ali.

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Sufi

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The mystical branch of Islam. Rejected by many because they listen to music.

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Musiqa vs. non-musiqa

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The two sections that Muslims categorize music in. Western music is musiqa and is not legitimate. Call to prayer is non-musiqa and is legitimate.

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Ud

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Arabic lute

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Maqam

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Arabic/Turkish mode or system

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Cents

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A way to measure sound

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12
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Santur

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Persian hammered zither

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Dastgah

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Persian mode or system

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14
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Tar

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Persian lute shaped like an eight

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Tahkt

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Egyptian ensemble including zithers, aerophones, and lutes.

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Kanun

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Four-sided instrument resembling an autoharp

17
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Raqs sharqi

A

Belly dance

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Tarab

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Arabic word for state of emotional transformation or ecstasy achieved through music

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Dhikr

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Sufi devotional act in which believers chant the name of God with the goal of entering an ecstatic state.

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Jalal-Al din Muhammad rumi

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Sufi saint of Islamic mysticism known for his poems and as the founder of the Mevlevi religious order

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Dervish

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Western name for Sufi

22
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Klezmer

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European derived dance music commonly associated with Jewish celebrations

23
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Nusach

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Jewish cantillation

24
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Torah

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The first five books of the Bible

25
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Shofar

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A jewish ritual trumpet made of a rams horn

26
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Five pillars of Islamic faith

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  1. Confession of faith
  2. Prayer five times a day
  3. Almsgiving -giving money or food to poor people
  4. Fasting during Ramadan
  5. Making at least one pilgrimage to Mecca
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Rabab

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Lute-like instrument

28
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Sephardic Jews

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From North Africa and Asia

29
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Ashkenzai Jews

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From Europe

30
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Muezzin

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The person performing the call to prayer

31
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Buzuq

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Fretted, round bodied lute with 3 courses of strings

32
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Taqasim

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Improvisation on a maqam before a larger composition in a solo instrument

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