Azerbaijan Turkic Music of the Ashiq Bards

Опубликовано 8 апреля 2017, 11:41

Ashiqs are travelling bards who sing and play the saz, a form of lute. An Ashik was traditionally a singer who accompanied his song, be it a dastan (traditional epic story, also known as hikaye) or a shorter original composition, with a long necked lute in Turkish culture and related Turkic cultures. The modern Azerbaijani ashik is a professional musician who usually serves an apprenticeship, masters playing the bağlama, and builds up a varied but individual repertoire of Turkic folk songs. The ashik tradition of Azerbaijan has its origin in the Shamanistic beliefs of ancient Turkic peoples. These wandering bards or troubadours are part of current rural and folk culture of Azerbaijan.

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