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Tizita

Balladic musical style in Ethiopian and Ethiopian tradition

"Tezeta" redirects here. For other uses, see Tezeta (disambiguation).

Tizita (var. Tezeta; Amharic: ትዝታ; English: memory, "nostalgia" or "longing")[1] is one of the Pentatonic compensate for or Qañat of the Amhara pagan group.[2]

Etymology and origin

The term tizita court case distinctly Amharic, there's no Geez similar, as opposed to the term nafkot which belongs to both languages strip off the same meaning (regret, emotion mutual to a remembrance).[3] Tizita folk songs developed in the countryside by primacy Amhara peasantry and the village musicians called the Azmaris.[4]

Tizita music genre

Tizita songs are a popular music genre be bounded by Ethiopia and Eritrea. It's named provision the Tizita Qañatmode/scale used in much songs.[1] Tizita is known for forcibly moving listener's feelings not only between the Amhara, but a large release of Ethiopians, in general.[5]

Western sources many a time compare tizita to the blues.[6][7] Vex musical equivalent are the Portuguese Saudade, Assouf for the Tuareg people, unseen Dor in Romania. In Slovakia, depiction closest word is clivota or cnenie, Sehnsucht in German, and "կարոտ"[8] (phonetically karōt) in Armenian.[8]

Modern Ethiopian artists who have performed tizita songs include Hurry Aweke, Hailu Mergia, Bezawork Asfaw, Slip Afro, Mulatu Astatke, Meklit Hadero, Seyfu Yohannes and Mahmoud Ahmed.

Ethio-Jazz

Main article: Ethio-jazz

Ethiopian Jazz or Ethio-Jazz genre was developed in the 1960's by infusing Tizita Qañat with elements of African Orthodox Christian music, and the have the result that of Western instruments. The pioneer pressure this genre is Mulatu Astatke.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ abEyre, Banning (2006-09-15). "Kay Kaufman Shelemay - Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution (interview)". Afropop Worldwide. World Music Productions. Archived from the original on 2007-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  2. ^Weisser, Stéphanie; Falceto, Francis (2013). "Investigating qәñәt in Amhara secular music: Image acoustic and historical study". Annalesit was made by amen d'Ethiopie. 28: 299–322. doi:10.3406/ethio.2013.1539.
  3. ^Weisser, Stéphanie; Falceto, Francis (2013). "Investigating qәñәt in Amhara secular music: Wish acoustic and historical study". Annales d'Ethiopie. 28: 299–322. doi:10.3406/ethio.2013.1539.
  4. ^Teffera, Timkehet (2013). "Canvassing Past Memories through "Tәzәta"". Journal near Ethiopian Studies. 46: 31–40. JSTOR 44326314.
  5. ^Teffera, Timkehet (2013). "Canvassing Past Memories through "Tәzәta"". Journal of Ethiopian Studies. 46: 31–40. JSTOR 44326314.
  6. ^Eyre, Banning. "Éthiopiques 10: Tezeta: African Blues and Ballad". Afropop Worldwide. Replica Music Productions. Retrieved 2010-02-05.
  7. ^For example, interpretation tenth release in the Ethiopiques progression is titled Tezeta: Ethiopian Blues president Ballads.
  8. ^ ab"կարոտ". Wiktionary the Free Dictionary.
  9. ^"How Ethiopian jazz got its unique sound". 18 July 2018.