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    <itunes:title>An Introduction to Persian Music | P2 - Poetry and Avaz</itunes:title>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[In this episode, Dr. Freidoon Ghazi walks us through a solo instrumental performance of dastgah Segah, and talks to us about the close relationship between Persian poetry and music.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode covers the performance theory and practice of the Ekonting: what it sounds like, how people discuss performances, and some of the nuances of Ekonting music.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ethnomusicologist Scott Linford gives us a glimpse into the music culture and practice surrounding the Ekonting, a plucked, gourd lute most well-known in the West as an ancestor to the Banjo.   ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Now that we have covered the contents of a tabla solo, we now talk about the tabla in the context of accompanying, ranging from classical accompaniment, folk music, devotional music, and studio work, as well as the tabla's popular inclusion in jazz and fusion music in the west.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode is part 3 of our 5 part series on the Hindustani tabla. Our guest introduces us to the improvisational rules of the Kaida, which is the next compositional form typically performed in a tabla solo following the Peshkar.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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    <itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode is part 2 of our 5 part series on the Hindustani Tabla. We start out by introducing the basic theory of a Hindustani performance, and then our guest goes on to talk about the opening compositional form of a tabla solo recital, the Peshkar.  ]]></itunes:summary>
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