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Mongolian Music Jack, Pete, Sam

Mongolian Music Jack, Pete, Sam. The Songs. Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture long songs overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle. rich with its varieties related to the various ethnic groups of the country--Oirats, Hotogoid, and Tuvans

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Mongolian Music Jack, Pete, Sam

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  1. Mongolian MusicJack, Pete, Sam

  2. The Songs • Music is an integral part of Mongolian culture • long songs • overtone singing and morin khuur, the horse-headed fiddle. • rich with its varieties related to the various ethnic groups of the country--Oirats, Hotogoid, and Tuvans • Besides the traditional music, classical music and ballet • four-minute song may only consist of ten words

  3. Instruments • morin khuur is a two-stringed and is bowed like a cello • throat singing • slow tempos, long melodic lines

  4. Culture • Worships Genghis Khan • Near china • in asia

  5. Ways of Life • the capital, Ulaanbaator radically altered while Mongolia was a vassal of the Soviet Union, for 66 years until 1990 • Soviet masters raised blocky office buildings—even, here and there, a becolumned edifice reminiscent of St. Petersburg.

  6. Culture • Mongolians ride horses • Believe that great leader Ghengis Khan will return to life • Only 2.3 million people in nation is aproximate amount when Khan founded nation in 1206

  7. instruments • bamboo / wood harp • tsuur • Limbe • Surnai - ever buree • Lavai • Bishgüür • Everburee

  8. horse-head-violin • Care about animals enough to put fake heads on instruments • Ducks, swans and geese are popular to be put on instrument heads

  9. Websites used • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Mongolia • http://www.soundtransformations.btinternet.co.uk/Mongolianvocalmuscipage.htm • http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&q=world+map • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/genghis/today/index.html

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