Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is dominated by Uyghurs, a Turkic people related to others from Central Asia. There is much variation in the music of Xinjiang, including unique regional differences in Ili, Kashgar, Khotan and Aksu. The southern area includes the simple songs of Hotan, the dance-oriented music of the Kuga and the complexly rhythmic songs of the Kashgar. Ili has perhaps the most well-known musical tradition in Xinjiang, including a number of emotional tunes that are narrative in form. Music of China appears to date back to the dawn of Chinese civilization, and documents and artifacts provide evidence of a well-developed musical culture as early as the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC). ... Principial instrument types are two- or three-stringed lutes, the necks either fretted or fretless; fiddles made of horsehair; flutes, mostly open at both ends and either end-blown or side-blown; and jews harps, either metal or, often in Siberia, wooden. ... 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The Uyghurs' best-known musical form is the On Ikki Muqam, a complex suite of twelve sections related to Uzbek and Tajik forms. These complex symphonies vary wildly between suites in the same muqam, and are built on a seven-note scale. Instruments typically include dap (a frame drum), hammered dulcimers, fiddles and lutes; performers have some space for personal embellishments, especially in the percussion. However, there is much variation on the number and kind of instruments used in the performance of a muqam. In November 2005 the Art of Chinese Xinjiang Uyghur Muqam was named a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. A muqam is a musical mode or scale, an ordering of pitches or notes used to guide improvisation and composition. ... Motto: n/a Anthem: Surudi milli Capital Dushanbe Largest city Dushanbe Official language(s) Tajik Government President Prime Minister Republic Emomali Rahmonov Okil Okilov Independence From Soviet Union September 9, 1991 Area  - Total    - Water (%)   143,100 km² (92nd) 55,251 sq mi  0. ... A diatonic hammered dulcimer made by Masterworks The hammered dulcimer is a stringed musical instrument with the strings stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board. ... The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a fifth apart. ... The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Map showing the Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage by country designation as of 2005: red (countries with 4 designations), orange (3), yellow (2) and green (1). ... UNESCO logo UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...

The sanam tradition is a kind of dance music popular among the Uyghurs, while spoken songs like Maida, Eytixish and Kuxak are popular love songs with simple tunes. Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Battle of Maida. ...

Traditional folk instruments include the konghou and pipa, which were found in Qiuci during the Sui and Tang dynasties, and then spread to East Asia. The rawap, tanbur and dutar are three very important instruments in Uyghur music; they are all strings and are respectively high-, middle- and low-pitched. The konghou is an ancient Chinese harp. ... A woman plays the pipa in the New York City Subways Times Square Station, 2004. ... Kucha (Modern Chinese Simplified: 库车, Traditional: 庫車, pinyin KùchÄ“, also romanized Chiu-tzu, Kiu-che, Kuei-tzu. ... The Sui Dynasty (隋朝 Hanyu Pinyin: Suí, 581-618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. ... Tang could refer to: Tang Dynasty of China Tang (Shang dynasty ruler) Transliteration of Chinese family names such as 唐,湯,鄧,é‚“,滕 Tang Clan of Hong Kong, the first inhabitants to leave China and settle in Hong Kong. ... Tanbur is the name used to refer to a long necked stringed instruments used in Turkish music. ... The dutar (Also dotar or doutar) is a traditional long-necked two-stringed lute found in Central Asia. ...

The most popular performer of recent times is Turdi Akhun, who recorded most of the muqams in the 1950s. A regional popular music industry arose in the 1980s, alongside Deng Xiaoping's loosening of cultural restrictions. The resulting pop industry produced bands like Shireli, whose 1995 "" was a reggaeish version of a local folk song. Later prominent musicians include Pasha Isha, Äskär and his band Grey Wolf, Abdulla Abdurehim and Alim Jan, who appeared in such international releases as the soundtrack to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, where he plays the stringed rawap. Jan's father was also a renowned folk musician, known as Tursun Tanbur due to his skill with the tanbur, a stringed instrument like a lock-necked lute. Rock and heavy metal bands like Täklimakan and Riwäyat are also well-known in Xinjiang, as is the flamenco guitar stylings of the Gipsy Kings. Popular music is music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and mostly distributed commercially. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Deng Xiaoping Deng Xiaoping (Simplified Chinese: 邓小平; Traditional Chinese: 鄧小平; Pinyin: Dèng XiÇŽopíng; Wade-Giles: Teng Hsiao-ping; August 22, 1904–February 19, 1997) was a leader in the Communist Party of China (CPC). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Reggae is a music genre developed in Jamaica. ... Soundtrack refers to the recorded sound accompanying a visual medium such as a motion picture, television show, or video game. ... Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Traditional Chinese: 臥虎藏龍; Simplified Chinese: 卧虎藏龙; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a wuxia (martial arts and chivalry) film released in 2000. ... The lute is a plucked string instrument with a fretted neck and a deep round back. ... Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1967 and 1974, took blues and rock to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised by the... Flamenco dancer Belén Maya, photograph taken by Gilles Larrain at his studio, 2001 Flamenco is a song, music and dance style which is strongly influenced by the Gitanos, but which has its deeper roots in Moorish and Jewish musical traditions. ... The Gipsy Kings. ...

Further reading

• Du Yx (1998). "The origin of the music systems of the Turkic speaking nationalities in Xinjiang". CENTRAL ASIATIC JOURNAL 42(2): 165-179.

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