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mugham

Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.

Key facts

Music genre.name: Mugham
Music genre.native_name: Muğam
Music genre.image: Seyid_Shushinski_ansambl.jpg
Music genre.alt: Mugham performer khananda Seyid Shushinski and his ensemble of 3 other men holding musical instruments
Music genre.caption: Mugham performer khananda Seyid Shushinski (second from left) with his ensemble in 1916
Music genre.cultural_origins: Middle Ages
Music genre.instruments: Daf, Tar, Kamancheh, Balaban, Qanun, Oud, Çeng, Naqareh
Music genre.subgenres: Dastgah, tesnif, zerbi mugham, reng
Music genre.fusiongenres: Mugham opera, Symphonic mugham, Azerbaijani jazz
Music genre.current_year: yes
Intangible heritage.ICH: Azerbaijani Mugham
Intangible heritage.State Party: Azerbaijan
Intangible heritage.ID: 00039
Intangible heritage.Region: ENA
Intangible heritage.Year: 2008
Intangible heritage.Session: 3rd
Intangible heritage.List: Representative

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History
The modes of mugham
Analysis
Derivatives and offshoots
Jazz mugham
Cultural significance
Social impact
Notable performers
Individuals
Female
Male
Musicians
See also
References
External links

Mugham () or Mughamat () is one of the many classical compositions from Azerbaijan, contrasting with tasnif and ashik.

It is an art form that weds classical poetry and musical improvisation in specific local modes. Mugham is a modal system. Unlike Western modes, "mugham" modes are associated not only with scales but also with an orally transmitted collection of melodies and melodic fragments that performers use in the course of improvisation. Mugham is a compound composition of many parts. The choice of a particular mugham and a style of performance fits a specific event. The dramatic unfolding in performance is typically associated with increasing intensity and rising pitches, and a form of poetic-musical communication between performers and initiated listeners.