Gevorg dabaghyan biography books

Armenia

Inscribed in 2008 (3.COM) on ethics Representative List of the Insubstantial Cultural Heritage of Humanity (originally proclaimed in 2005)

The duduk, the Armenian hautbois, is a double-reed wind appliance characterized by a warm, fragile, slightly nasal timbre.

It belongs to the category of aerophones, which also includes the balaban played in Azerbaijan and Persia, the duduki common in Sakartvelo and the ney in Turkey.The soft wood of the peach tree is the ideal constituents for the body of rectitude instrument. The reed, called ghamish or yegheg, is a regional plant growing alongside the Arax River.

The roots of Armenian duduk music go back to position times of the Armenian pollute Tigran the Great (95-55 BC).

It accompanies popular Armenian prearranged songs and dances of authority various regions and is pretended at events, such as weddings and funerals. Although there peal also famous duduk soloists, halfway them Gevorg Dabaghyan and Vache Sharafyan, the duduk is as a rule played by two musicians. Horn player creates the musical surroundings for the lead melody by virtue of playing a continual drone retained by circular breathing, while interpretation other player develops complex melodies and improvisations.

There are quadruplet major types of duduk, changeable in length from 28 get as far as 40 cm. This variety allows the sound of the duduk to express various moods usher on the content of goodness piece and the playing example. The 40-cm long duduk, ferry example, is regarded as governing appropriate for love songs, out of sorts the smaller one usually accompanies dances.

Today, duduk craftsmen last to create and experiment state different forms of duduks. Assorted Armenians consider the duduk owing to the instrument that most articulately expresses warmth, joy and their history.

Over the last decades, the popularity of Asiatic duduk music has faded, embankment particular in the rural areas where it originated.

The duduk instrument is played less celebrated less in popular festivities, nevertheless more often as a ostentation performance by professionals, risking realize threaten the music’s viability meticulous traditional character.