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Also known as shashmaqom

Shashmaqom ( ; ; ) is a Central Asian musical genre (typical of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) which may have developed in the city of Bukhara. Shashmaqam means the six Maqams (modes) in the Persian language, dastgah being the name for Persian modes, and maqams being the name for modes more generally.

Key facts

Music genre.name
Shashmaqam
Music genre.native_name
Шашмақом / Shashmaqom
Music genre.image
Ансамбль народных исполнителей.jpg
Music genre.alt
People sitting in rows of chairs, listening to Shashmaqom being played
Music genre.caption
Shashmaqam in Tajikistan
Music genre.cultural_origins
Tajik and Uzbek music
Music genre.instruments
Long-necked lutes, dayra, and sato
Intangible heritage.ICH
Shashmaqom music
Intangible heritage.Countries
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
Intangible heritage.ID
00089
Intangible heritage.Region
APA
Intangible heritage.Year
2008
Intangible heritage.Session
3rd
Intangible heritage.List
Representative

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Described at

Shashmaqom music - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage

ich.unesco.org

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
musical form
Country of origin
Uzbekistan
Image
Ансамбль народных исполнителей.jpg
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Commons category
Shashmaqam
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Shashmaqom ( ; ; ) is a Central Asian musical genre (typical of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan) which may have developed in the city of Bukhara. Shashmaqam means the six Maqams (modes) in the Persian language, dastgah being the name for Persian modes, and maqams being the name for modes more generally.

It is a refined sort of music, with lyrics derived from Sufi poems about divine love. The instruments of shashmaqоm provide an austere accompaniment to the voices. They consist, at most concerts, of a pair of long-necked lutes (rawap, tar, tanbur or dutar), the dayra, or frame drum, which, with its jingles, is very much like a tambourine, and the sato, or bowed tanbur.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “shashmaqam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.