QañatorQeñet(Amharic:ቅኝት,alternatively spelledKignit, Keniet, Gegnet, Gignit) are secularmusical scalesdeveloped by theAmharaethnic group ofEthiopia.Qañat consists in a set of intervals defining themodeof a musical piece or the tuning scale of the instrument playing the piece.[1]There are four main qañat scales that are used, all of which arepentatonic:tizita(ትዝታ), bati (ባቲ),ambassel(አምባሳል), and anchihoye (አንቺሆዬ).[2][3]Three additional modes are variations on the above: tezeta minor, bati major, and bati minor.[4]Some songs take the name of their qañat, such astizita,a song of reminiscence.[3]
History
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Ashenafi Kebedewas one of the early scholars to standardize the kignits of northern and central Ethiopia.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^Weisser, Stéphanie; Falceto, Francis (2013)."Investigating qәñәt in Amhara secular music: An acoustic and historical study".Annales d'Ethiopie.28:299–322.doi:10.3406/ethio.2013.1539.
- ^Kaufmann, Walter.Selected Musical Terms of Non-Western Cultures.
- ^abShelemay, Kay Kaufman (2001). "Ethiopia". InSadie, Stanley;Tyrrell, John(eds.).The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Vol. viii (2nd ed.). London:Macmillan.p. 356.
- ^Abatte Barihun,liner notes of the albumRas Deshen,200.
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