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Today, Turkish music is a fusion of classical art music, folk songs, Ottoman military music, Islamic hymns and the norms of western art music. Classical Turkish music is the courtly music of the Ottoman sultans that is an offspring of the Arabic and Persian traditions. This music is not written down in scores; with only the maquam, which is a similar pattern of major-minor scale system, being marked down. Improvisation (taksim) is a traditional variation technique

Post-music manifesto? Sound-ecstatic electronica? Sonic unconscious? Non-cochlear sound art? Noisicians? 

"Explore the art of improvisation with masters such as Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Thelonious Monk "

Encompassing the vast rhythmic heritage of Africa, "Weston has the biggest sound of any jazz pianist since Ellington and Monk, as well as the richest most inventive beat," states jazz critic Stanley Crouch, "but his art is more than projection and time; it's the result of a studious and inspired intelligence...an intelligence that is creating a fresh synthesis of African elements with jazz technique."

Algerian singer Akim el Sikameya, with his syncretic blend of arab-mediterranean-gypsy-jazz-rai-flamenco-klezmer-ska, is sure to surprise you with his very high voice and his mission to fight against fundamentalism - and for a common Mediterranean culture - with his art.

Master Zhongxian Wu has devoted himself for 30+ to the study of ancient Qin music, Qigong, martial arts, Chinese medicine, Yijing science, and Chinese calligraphy. (masterwu.m3u (audio/x-mpegurl object)

Master Zhongxian Wu has devoted himself for 30+ to the study of ancient Qin music, Qigong, martial arts, Chinese medicine, Yijing science, and Chinese calligraphy.

The guqin is associated with China's scholarly class; was one of the classical "four arts of the scholar," (along with Go or weiqi (a board game), calligraphy, and painting). Qin was also strongly associated with Daoist philosophy; the qin was more than

Konnakol (also spelled konokol) (Tamil: கொன்னக்கோல்) is the Carnatic music - South Indian classical - performance art of vocal percussion. It is also a comprehensive language of rhythm which allows the composition, performance or communication of rhythms

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