Travel Guide - The Artistic Value of Muqam

Uygur folk Flavor While Muqam is a musical form that has spread in Islamic areas throughout the world, the Twelve Muqam carries distinct Uygur characteristics.

Since its spread among the Uygurs, the Twelve Muqam China travel deals has played an inseparable role in the people's lives. They dance to the accompaniment of the Twelve Muqam and sing songs and ballads to their melodies.

Muqam is usually performed by a small ensemble of singers, led by the lead singer (the Muamchi) and accompanied by plucked or bowed lutes and a dap frame drum; they may also be played in instrumental form by kettle drum and shawm (a kind of wind instrument) bands. Playing the Muqam is not reserved to an exclusive group of professional musicians; historically it was performed in folk contexts as well as in the courts of local kings.

Men and women, beggars, and respected religious men may practice this tradition, and Muqam is often referred to in terms of both spiritual and physical need. Listening to Muqam can still serve a religious and meditative function, especially in the context of Student tours to China Xinjiang's great religious festivals.

What is significant about its compilation is that Amannisahan did not borrow material from the wealthy and fully developed Arabian and Persian repertoires. Instead, she exploited the rich resources of Uygur folk music spread out in the wide area in the north and south of the Tian Mountains. As a result, the Twelve Muqam is especially distinct due to its strong Uygur flavor.

Diversity Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam Public China Holidays is a composite of songs, dances, and folk and classical music, and is characterized by diversity of content, dance styles, musical morphology, and instruments used.

The songs vary in rhyme and meter and are performed solo as well as in groups. The lyrics contain not only folk ballads but also poems written by classical Uyghur masters. Thus, the songs reflect a wide range of styles such as poetry, proverbs, folk narrative, and popular topics such as the praise of love and contemplation on life, reflecting the history and contemporary life of the Uyghur society.

The music of Uyghur Muqam is characterized by variations and continuity of musical patterns, indicating close affinity with the musical culture of China's central plains. In Muqam ensembles, the lead instruments, called satar or aijak, are made from local materials and vary in form (they may be bowed-stringed, plucked, or wind instruments).

The dancing skills involve unique steps, rhythms, and formations as well as figures such as flower-picking-by-mouth, bowl-carrying-on-head, and imitation of animals in solo dances.


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