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02-19-2012, 05:54 PM
Georgia has rich and still vibrant traditional music, which is primarily known as arguably the earliest polyphonic tradition of the Christian world.
Folk music of Georgia consists of sixteen regional styles, known in Georgian musicology and ethnomusicology as "musical dialects".These sixteen regions are traditionally grouped into two, eastern and western Georgian groups.Eastern Georgian group of musical dialects consist of the two biggest regions of Georgia, Kartli and Kakheti (Garakanidze united them as "Kartli-Kakheti"), several smaller north-east Georgian mountain regions: Khevsuteti, Pshavi, Tusheti, Khevi, Mtiuleti, Gudamakari, and a southern Georgian region Meskheti. Table songs from Kakheti in eastern Georgia usually feature a long drone bass with two soloists singing the top two parts.
Western Georgian group of musical dialects consists of the central region of western Georgia, Imereti, three mountainous regions - Svaneti, Racha and Lechkhumi, and three Black Sea coastal regions: Samegrelo, Guria, and Achara. Georgian regional styles of music are sometimes also grouped into mountain and plain groups.
Folk music of Georgia consists of sixteen regional styles, known in Georgian musicology and ethnomusicology as "musical dialects".These sixteen regions are traditionally grouped into two, eastern and western Georgian groups.Eastern Georgian group of musical dialects consist of the two biggest regions of Georgia, Kartli and Kakheti (Garakanidze united them as "Kartli-Kakheti"), several smaller north-east Georgian mountain regions: Khevsuteti, Pshavi, Tusheti, Khevi, Mtiuleti, Gudamakari, and a southern Georgian region Meskheti. Table songs from Kakheti in eastern Georgia usually feature a long drone bass with two soloists singing the top two parts.
Western Georgian group of musical dialects consists of the central region of western Georgia, Imereti, three mountainous regions - Svaneti, Racha and Lechkhumi, and three Black Sea coastal regions: Samegrelo, Guria, and Achara. Georgian regional styles of music are sometimes also grouped into mountain and plain groups.