Traditional Music

Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music. Scottish music is a significant aspect of the nation's culture. A famous traditional Scottish instrument is the Great Highland bagpipe.

Romani music or Gipsy music is the music of the Romani people, who have their origins in northern India, but today live mostly in Europe.

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a mountain range system across Central and Eastern Europe.

Sufi music is the devotional music of the Sufis, inspired by the works of Sufi poets. Qawwali is the most well known form of Sufi music, and is most commonly found in the Sufi culture in South Asia.

Geisha are Japanese women who entertain through performing the ancient traditions of art, dance and singing, and are distinctively characterized by their wearing of kimono and oshiroi makeup.

The Balkans, also known as the Balkan Peninsula, is a geographic area in southeastern Europe with various definitions and meanings, including geopolitical and historical.

Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than a thousand islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.

Romani music or Gipsy music is the music of the Romani people, who have their origins in northern India, but today live mostly in Europe.

The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music, with more eastern sounds.

Moldova is a country in Eastern Europe. Moldovan music is closely related to that of its neighbour Romania.

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a mountain range system across Central and Eastern Europe.

Romani music or Gipsy music is the music of the Romani people, who have their origins in northern India, but today live mostly in Europe.

Bulgarian music uses a wide range of instruments. Some folk instruments are variants of traditional Asian instruments such as the "Saz" (Bulgarian tambura), or the kemençe (Bulgarian gъdulka).

The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music, with more eastern sounds.

Written documents exist that describe the musical culture of the Rus'. The most popular kind of instruments in medieval Russia were thought to have been string instruments, such as the gusli or gudok.

Middle Eastern music spans across a vast region. The various nations of the region include the Arab cuntries of the Middle East and North Africa.

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 (bağlama) in

The music of Armenia has its origins in the Armenian Highlands, where people traditionally sang popular folk songs. Armenians have had a long tradition of folk music from the antiquity.

Jewish music is the music and melodies of the Jewish people. There exist both traditions of religious music, as sung at the synagogue and domestic prayers, and of secular music.

Gnawa music is a rich Moroccan repertoire of ancient African Islamic spiritual religious songs and rhythms. Its well-preserved heritage combines ritual poetry with traditional music and dancing.

The music of Cambodia is derived from a mesh of cultural traditions dating back to the ancient Khmer Empire, India, China and the original indigenous tribes living in the area before the arrival of

Slavs are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group who speak the various Slavic languages of the larger Balto-Slavic linguistic group.

Forró is the most popular genre of music and dance in Brazil's Northeast. The music is based on a combination of three instruments (accordion, zabumba and a metal triangle).

Sikh music or Shabad kirtan is Kirtan-style singing of hymns or Shabad from the Guru Granth Sahib, the central text of Sikhism.

Music of Rajasthan originates from Rajasthan, one of the states of India and home to several important centers of Indian musical development, including Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jaipur.

Andalusian classical music is a style of Arabic music found in different styles across the Maghreb (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, and to a lesser degree in Libya in the form of the Ma'luf style) and

Classical Turkish music, sometimes known as Ottoman classical music, developed in Istanbul and other major Ottoman cities and towns through the palaces and Sufi lodges of the Ottoman Empire.

Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is located mainly in the Himalayas. Music of Nepal refers to the various musical genres played and listened to in Nepal.

The music of Greece is as diverse and celebrated as its history. Greek music separates into two parts: Greek traditional music and Byzantine music, with more eastern sounds.

Russia is a large and culturally diverse country, with many ethnic groups, each with their own locally developed music.