A Comparative Study on the Central and West Asia Music Culture 2 : Focused on the Traditions of the Uighurs, Turkey, and Iran

本文是对中亚和西亚国家传统音乐文化的比较研究，重点是新疆维吾尔族的音乐文化。该组织的代表人物是龙村彩子，主要线人是维吾尔族作曲家乌麦尔·买买提。研究小组包括土耳其（Harumi Koshiba），伊朗（Masato Tani）和阿拉伯（Kumiko Yayama）音乐文化专家的三名成员。维吾尔族木卡姆与其他木卡姆传统相比，表现出更强的固定性，每一种木卡姆不仅有其特有的模式，而且有其特有的节奏和舞蹈。基于木卡姆模式的即兴创作是可能的。音乐与舞蹈的统一实际上是木卡姆表现的整体。

This was a comparative study on the traditional music cultures in the Central and West Asian Countries, focused on thecCulture of Uyguhrs, a Turkish group of people living in the Shinjiang Autonomous Region in China. Ayako Tatsumura was the representative of this gourp and the main informant was Umer Mahmat, an Uyghur Composer. The study goup includes three members of the experts of the music cultures of Turkey(Harumi Koshiba), Iran(Masato Tani) and the Arabs(Kumiko Yayama). Compared with other Makam traditions,the Mukam of the Uyguhrs shows more fixibility, and each Mukam has not only the characteristical modes, but also the characteristical rhythm and dance. The improvisation based on the modes of the Mukam is possible. Further more, a unity of the music and dance is actually the whole of the expression of a Mukam.