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Music of West Asia
Music of West Asia
of
WEST
ASIA
LEARNING TARGETS:
- Turkey - Iraq
- Israel - Yemen
- Iran - Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia - Qatar
- Jordan - Oman
- Kuwait - Bahrain
- United Arab Emirates
MUSIC of WEST ASIA
● is not written
down but is
improvised
upon
framework-like
patterns
MUSIC
of
ISRAEL
ISRAEL
● State of Israel
● Parliamentary republic
in the Middle East
● Along eastern shore of
the Mediterranean Sea
● A Jewish and
Democratic state
● World’s only Jewish-
majority state
ISRAEL
Form Improvisionary
INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
Israeli music
was always
accompanied
by singing,
dancing, and
musical
instruments
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Riq Sistrum
Birch
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
Psaltery
Shofar
Kinnor
Zum Gali Gali