List of Asian folk music traditions
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This is a list of folk music traditions, with styles, dances, instruments and other related topics. The term folk music can not be easily defined in a precise manner; it is used with widely varying definitions depending on the author, intended audience and context within a work. Similarly, the term traditions in this context does not connote any strictly-defined criteria. Music scholars, journalists, audiences, record industry individuals, politicians, nationalists and demagogues may often have occasion to address which fields of folk music are distinct traditions based along racial, geographic, linguistic, religious, tribal or ethnic lines, and all such peoples will likely use different criteria to decide what constitutes a "folk music tradition". This list uses the same general categories used by mainstream, primarily English-language, scholarly sources, as determined by relevant statements of fact and the internal structure of works.
These traditions may coincide entirely, partially or not at all with geographic, political, linguistic or cultural boundaries. Very few, if any, music scholars would claim that there are any folk music traditions that can be considered specific to a distinct group of people and with characteristics undiluted by contact with the music of other peoples; thus, the folk music traditions described herein overlap in varying degrees with each other.
Central and Northern Asia[]
A doshpuluur, a traditional Tuvan instrument
Traditional Uzbek music and dance
A Turkish mandolin-banjo
A Turkish baglama
A Turkish cümbüş
Country | Elements | Dance | Instrumentation | Other topics |
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Armenian[1] | - shalako | dhol - duduk - k’anon - kemancha - sring - shvi - tar - zurna | ||
Azeri[2] | ashiq - mugam | balaban - daf - gopuz - kemanche - tanbur - tar - tulum-zurna | ||
Kazakh[2] | akyn - kui | dombra - kobyz - rubab - sybyzgy - tanbur - temir komuz | ||
Kyrgyz[2] | kui - manaschi | chopo choor - komuz - kyl kyyak - tanbur - temir komuz | Manas | |
Mongolian[3] | - - - - - - - holboo - - - - urtyn duu - throat-singing: isgeree - karkhiraa - khöömii | garuda | - flute - khuuchir - igil - ikil - khel khuur - - morin khuur - - shanz - tsuur - - yatga | üliger - Ge-sar |
Tajik[2] | falak - shashmaqam | dutar - gidjak - setar - tanbur | ||
Turkish [4] | bozlak - - türkü - | çiftetelli – halay – horon – karsilama – – semah – sword dance – zeybek kasap havası - hora - | Çığırtma - davul - darbuka - kabak kemane - kaval - kemençe - mey - ney - kanun - saz - sipsi - tar - tulum - zurna | dastan - Dede Korkut - Huseni - ashik – chengi – |
Turkmen[2] | bakshy - mukamlar | dili tuiduk - dutar - gargy-tuiduk - tanbur - tuiduk | ||
Tuvan | throat singing: khoomei - khorekteer - sygyt - kargyraa | byzaanchy - chanzy - doshpuluur - igil - khomus - shoor - topshur | ||
Uighur | on ikki muqam - sanam | dap - dotar - kanun - ney - satar - surnei - tambur | ||
Uzbek[2] | shashmaqam | chang - doira - dombra - dutar - karnay - gidjak - nay - rubab - sato - surnay - tanbur - ud | ||
Yakut[5] | olonkho | khomus |
South Asia[]
The tabla, an Indian drum
Country | Elements | Dance | Instrumentation | Other topics |
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Afghani / Pashto | badala - charbeta - klasik - loba - mursia - neemakai - rowzeh - rubayi - shaan - tappas | attan - khattak - zahir mashohil | dayra - dilruba - dohol - dombura - dutar - ghichak - harmonium - rubab - sitar - sorna - tabla - tambur - zerbaghali | |
Baluchi[6] | Do-Chapi - lewa | chang - dohol - ney - saz - - surna - suroz - - tanbur - tar | ||
Baul[7] | dotara (lute) - ektara - khamak (pitched drum) - | |||
Garo[7] | - trumpet | |||
Gujarati[7] | dandiya[8] | |||
Kashmiri[7] | sarangi | |||
Kerala[7] | chenda melam - - Kuzhal Pattu - - tayambaka | chenda (barrel drum) - kombu) - kuzhal - maddalam (barrel drum) | ||
Manipuri[9] | - - Rasa Lila - | |||
Maria[7] | - | drum - flute | ||
Mru[7] | plung | |||
Nepalese[10] | panchai baja | arbajo - barrel drum - jaw harp - kettle drum - maadal - sarangi - shawm | gaine - damai | |
Newari[10] | - Dapha - Gunla Bajan - - - | Lakhey - - | barrel drum - Dhime - flute - - - shawm - | |
Punjabi[11] | bhangra - - giddha | bhangra | dhol | |
Rajasthani[7] | - - - harmonium - - - pungi - - sarangi - - surnai | Bhopa - Jogi - Langa - Manganiyar - Sapera | ||
Santal[7] | sohrae | dhodro banam - phet banam - tamak' - tiriwaw - tumdak' | sohrae | |
Sri Lankan[12] | cantiga - kavi - kaffirinha - kolam - nadagam - nurti - sokari - virindu | bayila - Uda Rata Natum - Pahatha Rata Natum - Sabaragamuwa - Leekeli | geta beraya - hakgediya - horanawa - raban - ravanahatha - thalampata - udákkiya | |
Tamil Nadu / Ancient Tamil music | urumee melam - Nayandi melam - gaana | Dappan koothu - Kummi - Kolattam -Kavadi attam- (dummy horse dance) - (peacock dance) - (tiger dance) | Urumee - Thavil - - tambourine - Nadaswaram - pullanguzhal (Carnatic flute) - | |
Uttar Pradesh[7] | charkula |
Southeast Asia[]
Country | Elements | Dance | Instrumentation | Other topics |
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Batak[13] | gendan keteng-keteng - gendang lima sedalanen - gondang | bonang - - gendang - - hasapi - - - - - - ogung - - - - | ||
Burmese | - mahagita - hsaing waing | hne - migyaung - palwe - pattala - pat waing - saung gauk | nat pwe | |
Dayak | gong | |||
Filipino[14] | kulintang - agung - rondalla - kundiman - gangsa - - - - lelling - - saunay | singkil - pangalay - tinikling - - - itik-itik - binasuan - maglalatik - - - | kulintang - agung - dabakan - kutiyapi - sarunai - suling - kubing - gangsa - guitar - - gabbang - kubing - hegelung - violin - cello - octavina - rondalla - kendang - gambus | |
Hmong[15] | gaeng | lusheng | ||
Indonesian[16] | - kroncong - langgam jawa | ronggeng - | agung - angklung - bedug - bonang - cak - calung - cekuntrung - cuk - cello - - gangsa - genggong - gong - guitar - kacapi - karinding - kecer - - kempul - kemanak - kendang - kepyak - ketuk - kongahyan - kulintang - mirwas - moko - qanbūs - rebab - rebana - reyong - ronggeng - saluang - sasando - slentho - suling - talempong - ugal - violin | - pelog |
Karen[17] | flute - gong - xylophone - zither | |||
Khmer[18][17] | - cho-kantrum - - - - | ramvong | ching - - pinpeat - tro | |
Lao[19] | lam luang - lam phi fa - - - - - - mor lam - - - mor lam pee fah - sarup - soeng - - wai khru | lamvong | ching - khaen - khui - phin - ranat - | |
Lun Bawang[14] / Orang Ulu[14] | bamboo band | - sapé | ||
Malaysian[14] | - ronggeng - Dikir barat | accordion - joget - zapin | violin - gambus - Gendang - - rebana - - - - Rebab - - - Geduk - - - - - Angklung - Bonang - - - Pipa - - Sheng - erhu - Sitar - tampura - - | |
Thai[17] | bong lang - - likay - - - | - ramwong | angklung - grajabpi - jakhe - khaen - khim - khlui - krap - phin - pi - piphat - pong lang - ranat - sueng - wot | |
Vietnamese[20] | ca tru - - hat chau van - hat cheo - hat noi - hat tuong - - - nhac dan toc cai bien - nhac tai tu - quan ho - Water puppetry[21] | fan dance - (hat dance) - (lotus dance) - lantern dance - flag dance - platter dance - candle dance - incense dance | đàn bầu - đàn đáy - đàn nguyệt - đàn tranh - đàn hồ - đàn nhị - đàn tam - đàn tứ - đàn gáo - đàn tỳ bà - đàn sến - đàn tam thập lục - kèn - sáo - - phách - sênh tiền - trống cơm - trống cái - - |
East Asia[]
Country | Elements | Dance | Instrumentation | Other topics |
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Ainu | rekuhkara - upopo - yukar | bear ceremony | Ainu fiddle - mukkuri - pararayki - tonkori | |
China | Chinese opera - chuigushou - Guandong - jiangnan sizhu - nanguan | banhu - bawu - dizi - erhu - gaohu - gong - guan - guqin - guzheng - huqin - konghou - mangtong - pipa - ruan - sheng - suona - xiao - xindi - xun - yangqin - zhonghu - zhongruan | shijing - yuefu | |
Japan | biwa - koto - shakuhachi - shamisen - taiko | |||
Korea | chongak - jeongak - nongak - pansori - pungmul - salpuri - sanjo - sinawi - | ajaeng - buk - daegeum - danso - gayageum - geomungo - haegeum - janggu - piri - taepyeongso | ||
Ryukyuan/ Okinawan | koten - min'yō - uzagaku - warabe uta - yunta | eisā - kachāshī | fue - hyōshigi - kūchō - kutu - pāranku - sanba - sanshin | |
Tibetan[22] | hua'er - lhamo - lu | dramnyen - - - lingbu - - - | Ge-sar - | |
Yunnan | baisha xiyue - dongjing - | lezuo | bawu - hulusi - hulusheng - lusheng - mabu - tuhu |
References[]
- Broughton, Simon; Mark Ellingham, eds. (2000). Rough Guide to World Music (First ed.). London: Rough Guides. ISBN 1-85828-636-0.
- Karolyi, Otto (1998). Traditional African & Oriental Music. Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-023107-2.
- Killius, Rolf (2006). Ritual Music and Hindu Rituals of Kerala. B.R. Rhythms. ISBN 81-88827-07-X.
- Kinney, Troy & Margaret West (1935). The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life. Tudor Publishing.
- Manuel, Peter (1988). Popular Musics of the Non-Western World. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-505342-7.
- Philip V. Bohlman; Bruno Nettl; Charles Capwell; Thomas Turino; Isabel K. F. Wong (1997). Excursions in World Music (Second ed.). Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-230632-8.
- Fujie, Linda; James T. Koetting; David P. McAllester; David B. Reck; John M. Schechter; Mark Slobin; R. Anderson Sutton (1992). Jeff Todd Titan (ed.). Worlds of Music: An Introduction to the Music of the World's Peoples (Second ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. ISBN 0-02-872602-2.
- "International Dance Glossary". World Music Central. Archived from the original on February 7, 2006. Retrieved April 3, 2006.
Notes[]
- ^ Hagopian, Harold, "The Sorrowful Sound" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 332 - 337
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Sultanova, Razia and Simon Broughton, "Bards of the Golden Road", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 24 - 32
- ^ Includes the music of Tuva; Rees, Helen, with Zhang Xingrong and Li Wei, "Sounds of the Frontiers", in the Rough Guide to World Musics, pg. 44 - 48; Pegg, Carole, "Sixty Horses in My Herd", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 189 - 197
- ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pgs. 163 - 165
- ^ Broughton, Simon and Tatiana Didenko, "Music of the People" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 248 - 254
- ^ Broughton, Simon, "Kings and Queens of the Road" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 146 - 158
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j Hunt, Ken and Simon Broughton, "Everything Is Left Behind" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 94 - 101
- ^ The Rough Guide refers to dandiya as on "folk-based"
- ^ World Music Central Archived 2006-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b Tingey, Carol, "The Hills Are Alive", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 196 - 202
- ^ World Music Central Archived 2006-07-11 at the Wayback Machine; Hunt, Ken and Simon Broughton, "Everything Is Left Behind" in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 94 - 101
- ^ Ganhewa, Lalith, "Sounds of Serendipity", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 230 - 234
- ^ Sutton, R. Anderson, "Asia/Indonesia" in Worlds of Music, pgs. 266 - 317
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Munan, Heidi, "Music at the Crossroads", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 175 - 182
- ^ Clewley, John, "Beyond Our Khaen", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 170 - 174
- ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pgs. 207, 213; Bass, Colin, "No Risk - No Fun!", in the Rough Guides to World Music, pg. 131 - 142
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Clewley, John, "Songs for Living", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 241 - 253
- ^ Clewley, John, "Heavenly Dancers", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 20 - 23
- ^ Clewley, John, "Beyond Our Khaen", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 170 - 174; Clewley, John, "Songs for Living", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 241 - 253
- ^ Manuel, Popular Musics, pg. 200; Blackburn, Philip, "Ancient Rock Music", in the Rough Guide to World Music, pgs. 262 - 269
- ^ Blackburn notes that nhac dan toc cai bien is a form of "modernised folk music (that) has only been traditional since 1956, when the Hanoi Conservatory of Music was founded and the teaching of folk music was deliberately "improved" (quotes in original).
- ^ Rees, Helen, with Zhang Xingrong and Li Wei, "Sounds of the Frontiers", in the Rough Guide to World Musics, pgs. 44 - 48; Trewin, Mark, "Raising the Roof", in the Rough Guide to World Musics, pgs. 254 - 261; Karolyi, pgs. 176, 179
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