Arab Music
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Number

Concept

Text (= Yes)

Instances

Embeddedness

1

Arab music

27

135

2

Abbasids

1

3

3

aerophone

6

36

4

Algeria

1

6

5

antiquity

1

27

6

Arab dynamics

1

10

7

Arab instrument(s)

20

157

8

Arab melody

6

57

9

Arab meter

10

48

10

Arab metric modes

1

10

11

7th century

1

7

12

Arab musicians

1

5

13

Arab pitch

1

6

14

Arab rhythm

6

38

15

Arab rhythm(s)

1

10

16

Arab rhythmic improvisation

1

5

17

Arab tempo

3

29

18

Arab timbre

5

41

19

Arabian Gulf Region

1

27

20

Arabic language

1

27

21

As-Suriyah

1

6

22

bag

1

6

23

bagpipe style

1

6

24

basic principle of Physics

1

7

25

Bedouin

1

7

26

breath of player

1

6

27

buzuq

7

32

28

chord of nature

1

7

29

chordophone

7

56

30

coffee grinder

1

5

31

column of air

1

6

32

daff

1

4

33

dancers

1

4

34

darbukkah

5

30

35

drums

1

7

36

durational sonic patterns

1

6

37

Egypt

6

46

38

electrophone

1

20

39

emotion

1

27

40

fast

1

10

41

fixed compositions

1

10

42

flat zither-type instrument

1

8

43

flute

1

7

44

folk instrument

1

7

45

food pouch

1

6

46

fretless

1

10

47

fretted

1

7

48

gut

1

8

49

gut strings

1

10

50

hand drum

1

5

51

harmonic series

7

37

52

horse-hair bow

1

7

53

idiophone

10

39

54

improvisation

2

15

55

instrument(s)

2

15

56

interval(s)

1

27

57

iqa_

7

41

58

Iran

1

27

59

Iraq

3

35

60

Islam

7

33

61

Islamic Empire

1

7

62

Israel

1

5

63

itinerant gypsies

1

7

64

Jordan

1

27

65

Koran

1

7

66

Lebanon

5

37

67

Libya

1

6

68

long-necked

1

7

69

lute

1

7

70

maqam

5

40

71

Mediterranean Sea

1

5

72

melody

5

10

73

membranophone

7

35

74

metal

2

18

75

metric modes

1

7

76

metric modulations

1

3

77

Middle East

2

33

78

mihbaj

5

33

79

mizwid

6

30

80

Mohammed of Arabia

1

7

81

monophony

8

45

82

monotheistic religion

1

7

83

Morocco

2

33

84

music

1

10

85

muslims

1

7

86

nation

1

6

87

naturally sonorous material

1

10

88

nay

7

39

89

North Africa

6

38

90

notes

1

5

91

nylon

2

18

92

on or between beats

1

6

93

overtones

1

7

94

partials

1

7

95

Parts of Sahara

1

27

96

pattern of rhythms

1

5

97

pear-shaped

1

10

98

percussion instrument

1

5

99

Pharaohs

1

6

100

pitches

2

10

101

plucked

1

10

102

poetry

5

6

103

prose

1

5

104

qanun

8

36

105

rababah

7

35

106

reed

1

7

107

regular

1

3

108

rhythmic accompaniment

1

8

109

rhythmic mode

5

18

110

riqq

4

29

111

rubbed

1

10

112

sajat

4

32

113

Saudi Arabia

1

27

114

series of tones in time

1

5

115

sha'ir

1

5

116

shaken

1

10

117

short-necked

1

10

118

single melody

1

8

119

single-reed instrument

1

6

120

slow

1

10

121

Small brass finger-cymbals

1

4

122

small tambourine

1

4

123

sonic action in time

1

6

124

sound

4

49

125

specific rhythm

1

5

126

stretched material

1

7

127

strings

2

15

128

struck

1

10

129

Syria

6

37

130

tabl

2

27

131

tablah

1

5

132

texture

1

8

133

the Levant

2

17

134

timbre

1

7

135

tone

1

7

136

tone lengths

1

6

137

tones

1

5

138

trapezoidal

1

8

139

Tunisia

1

6

140

Turkey

1

6

141

Turkish saz

1

7

142

Tutankhamun

1

6

143

Umayyads

1

6

144

vase-shaped

1

5

145

verse

1

5

146

violin

2

27

147

voices

1

8

148

volume

1

5

149

wind instruments

1

6

150

wooden

1

5

151

zajal

2

10

152

_ud

10

43