View source for Week 3 - Sept 20: Mountain music of Tajikistan (and Northern Afghanistan): folk and popular traditions, contexts and meanings

Reading assignment:

Read one of the following sets: Sakata (1983: 53-59, 92-100, 146-168) + (1989). Or Slobin (1970) + (1976: 21-26, 124-25, 204-211). 

Plus, one of the following: Berg (2004: 22-44 + browse ch. 2 and 6). Spinetti (2006: ch. 4); (2006: ch. 5).
All titles are included in [[Afghanistan, Tajikistan & Uzbekistan]]. Note that Slobin 1976 is now available online at [http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/afghanistan/resources/index.html http://learningobjects.wesleyan.edu/afghanistan/resources/index.html]



Listening suggestions:

From the CDs listed in [[Central Asia - discography]]: CDs 1, 2, 11, 15, 26, 28 (in my office); CDs
12, 25, 30 (on reserve).

In the meanwhile, check out some additional recordings in our [http://folkways.tapor.ualberta.ca/~spinetti/MPW/Week%2003_Mountain%20music%201/ class media content]: Odina Hoshimov's falak is transcribed and discussed in Spinetti 2006: ch. 5: 151-162; while Safar Mehdi's falak is transcribed in Slobin 1976: 208. Muhammadsafar Murodov's falak is just beautiful.

Those who are really keen are welcome to borrow or make copies from my field recordings as well.