Tizita
Tizita(var.Tezeta;Amharic:ትዝታ;English:memory, "nostalgia" or "longing")[1]is one of thePentatonic scalesorQañatof theAmharaethnic group.[2]
Etymology and origin
[edit]The termtizitais distinctlyAmharic,there's noGeezequivalent, as opposed to the termnafkotwhich belongs to both languages with the same meaning (regret, emotion linked to a remembrance).[3]Tizita folk songs developed in the countryside by the Amhara peasantry and the village musicians called theAzmaris.[4]
Tizita music genre
[edit]Tizita songs are a popularmusic genreinEthiopiaandEritrea.It's named after the TizitaQañatmode/scaleused in such songs.[1]Tizita is known for strongly moving listener's feelings not only among the Amhara, but a large number of Ethiopians, in general.[5]
Westernsources often compare tizita to theblues.[6][7]Other musical equivalent are the PortugueseSaudade,Assouffor the Tuareg people, orDorin Romania. In Slovakia, the closest word isclivotaorcnenie,Sehnsuchtin German, and "կարոտ"[8](phoneticallykarōt) in Armenian.[8]
Modern Ethiopian artists who have performed tizita songs includeAster Aweke,Hailu Mergia,Bezawork Asfaw,Teddy Afro,Mulatu Astatke,Meklit Hadero,Seyfu Yohannes andMahmoud Ahmed.
Ethio-Jazz
[edit]Ethiopian Jazz or Ethio-Jazz genre was developed in the 1960's by infusing TizitaQañatwith elements of Ethiopian Orthodox Christian music, and the use of Western instruments. The pioneer of this genre isMulatu Astatke.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abEyre, Banning (2006-09-15)."Kay Kaufman Shelemay - Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution (interview)".Afropop Worldwide.World Music Productions. Archived fromthe originalon 2007-02-14.Retrieved2010-02-05.
- ^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.
- ^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.
- ^Teffera, Timkehet (2013)."Canvassing Past Memories through" Tәzәta "".Journal of Ethiopian Studies.46:31–40.JSTOR44326314.
- ^Teffera, Timkehet (2013)."Canvassing Past Memories through" Tәzәta "".Journal of Ethiopian Studies.46:31–40.JSTOR44326314.
- ^Eyre, Banning."Éthiopiques 10: Tezeta: Ethiopian Blues and Ballad".Afropop Worldwide.World Music Productions.Retrieved2010-02-05.
- ^For example, the tenth release in theEthiopiquesseries is titledTezeta: Ethiopian Blues and Ballads.
- ^ab"կարոտ".Wiktionary the Free Dictionary.
- ^"How Ethiopian jazz got its unique sound".18 July 2018.