- Karachay folk music
- Special tunes
- The classes of Karachay folk music
- Class 1: Rotating and plagal motion (№ 1−8)
- Class 2: One or two short lines and their variations with x(1)1 cadences (№ 9-37)
- Class 3: Four short lines with (1) main cadence (№ 38-53)
- Class 4: Four short lines with the first line ending on the key note, with a (pseudo) domed structure and 1(x)y cadences (№ 54−62)
- Class 5: Four short lines with (VII) main cadence (№ 63−70)
- Class 6: Four short lines with (2) and (b3) main cadences (№ 71−105)
- Class 7: Four short lines with (4/5) main cadences (№ 106−115)
- Class 8: Four short lines with (4/5) main cadence and a higher beginning (№ 116−138)
- Class 9: Four short lines with (7/8) main cadences (№ 139−145)
- Class 10: One- or two-lined tripodic tunes (№ 146–186)
- Class 11: Tunes with four tripodic lines (№ 187–199)
- Class 12: Jir tunes (№ 200–278)
- Class 13: Four long lines with arched (domed) structure (№ 279–287)
- Connections between Hungarian and Karachay folk music
Genres
It is informative to review how genres are distributed among the different musical classes, particularly if we keep in mind that the consecutive classes contain tunes of growing complexity.
The special tunes of class 1 are usually of more archaic genres. In classes 2–3 there is a high number of religious tunes and instrumental dance tunes, in classes 4–8 instrumental dance tunes are also numerous. Jir tunes appearing from class 6 gradually become predominant.
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Class 1 |
3 Gollu, 3 rain prayer, 1 dance tune on accordion, 1 rhyme, 1 lullaby |
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Class 2 |
11 zikir, 10 instr. dance tune, 5 jir, 4 lullaby, 2 Nart epic, 2 iynar, 1 orayda, 1 rhyme |
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Class 3 |
8 zikir, 3 Nart epic, 3 mevlid, 2 dance tune on accordion, 2 jir, 1 ilahi (in Turkish), 1 lullaby |
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Class 4 |
6 instr. dance tune, 2 zikir, 2 jir, 1 dance tune on accordion, 1 orayda, 1 counting out rhyme |
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Class 5 |
5 jir, 3 dance tune on accordion, 1 zikir, 1 iynar |
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Class 6 |
13 jir, 6 dance tune on accordion, 6 mevlid, 2 art song, 2 iynar, 2 lullaby, 11 zikir |
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Class 7 |
8 iynar, 3 zikir, 2 dance tunes, 2 jir |
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Class 8 |
11 dance tune on accordion, 11 jir, 4 iynar, 3 zikir, 1 orayda, 1 counting out rhyme |
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Class 9 |
8 jir, 3 dance tune on accordion, 1 zikir, 1 lament (real), 1 küy |
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Class 10 |
26 jir, 7 orayda, 5 lullaby, 1 lament, 1 Nart epic, 1 wedding song |
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Class 11 |
9 jir, 3 zikir, 2 dance tune on accordion, 2 wedding song |
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Class 12 |
55 jir, 18 küy-lament, 4 iynar, 1 art song, 1 bride’s song |
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Class 13 |
9 jir (modern) |