MUSIC OF THE WORLD

Featured Videos

• Rachenitza: Kevin Ferguson and Chaz Hastings (acoustic guitar and tablas) on Kwazar TV, May 2007.Music starts in less than a minute into the show.
• Gankino: Kevin Ferguson and Chaz Hastings (acoustic guitar and dumbek) on Kwazar TV, May 2007.Music starts in less than a minute into the clip.

ALSO CHECK OUT:

• Ferguson's new CD & audio samples: electric guitar versions of Balkan folk, Hindustani Rag and other world tunes along with classical and original world progressive music: Subtle Hint
• More audio samples: electric and acoustic guitar versions of fiery gypsie, Balkan, Middle-Eastern tunes: Exotic Extremes
• Also, hear Paganini, Bach, Vivaldi, Wieniawski, Sarasate, Rimsky-Korsakov on Electric Guitar (audio samples).
• How To Learn To Play Music Of Unusual Genres , Ferguson's column for Guitar Nine.
• Performance dates for steel string and electric guitar arrangements of great exotic/dance music from around the world

Last updated Nov. 13, 2006. Send comments to Kevin Ferguson:

Africa

• Modern versions of Mid-Eastern and African tunes performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto
• Israel
• Egypt
• Ghana with audio samples of "Gadzo," a song performed for untimely deaths.
• Senegal's Sufi Drummer, Tabala Wolof, with audio samples
• African Countries listed alphabetically with general country information and sparse music links included.
• Arab Music with RealAudio audio samples.

Australia

• Songs of the Serpent - the Didgeridoo. Sound samples (.wav) of an Australian (aboriginal) wind instrument.
• The Yidaki Page is another Didgeridoo page with audio samples (both .wav and .aiff).

Asia

• New CD & audio samples: electric guitar versions of Hindustani Rag and other world tunes along with classical and original world progressive music: Subtle Hint
• China: Large collection, many categories (.au sound samples).
• China Music Clips (Real Audio, Stereo)
• China, violin (long audio clips, .au)
• China: folk tunes, (.mid (MIDI))
• Modern versions of rags from North India, Pakistan, Afghanistan tunes performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto
• Modern versions of tunes from Japan and China performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto

North America

• Modern versions of Native American tunes performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto

South America

• Guyana folk songs, poems, recipies, animal calls and other interesting sound clips from Chris Tullar's travels.
• Modern versions of Native American tunes performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto

Europe (except Eastern)

• Electric Guitar Versions of Virtuosic Classical Violin Music with audio samples (.wav).
• Electric Guitar Versions of Virtuosic Classical Violin Music (sheet music for sale).
• The TuneWeb is mostly Celtic (sheet music).
• Irish and Swedish tunes via Henrik's Traditional Tunes and Songs (sheet music).
• The Virtual Tunebook Virtual Tunebook's Celtic tunes (sheet music).
• Scandanavian Tunes (sheet music).
• More Scandanavian Tunes (sheet music).
• Classical including Mozart, Bach, Corelli (sheet music).

Eastern Europe

• Modern versions of gypsie, Balkan (Macedonian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian) and Mid-Eastern tunes performed by new ensemble: Teshkoto
• New CD & audio samples: electric guitar versions of Balkan folk and other world tunes along with classical and original world progressive music: Subtle Hint
• Click here for sound sample of Revisko Oro (1.41Meg bytes 22K/sec .wav file) permormed by Kevin Ferguson & Teshkoto
• Bulgarian Music Recordings (Real audio samples).
• Bosnia: Audio samples are included here.
• Macedonia
• Serbia
• Rumania
• Folk Music Dance & Handicraft in Hungary (folk ensemble information).
• Croatia: Audio samples are included here.
• Bulgarian Dance Rhythms: Names and time signature related information.
• Greece: Audio samples (.au) are included here (have to wade through frames, though).
• Macedonia: Audio samples are included here.
• Southeastern Europe Links to audio samples are included here.
• Balkans in General: Links to audio samples are included here.

Misc. World Music Links

• List of mode names and musical intervals from around the world.
• Maarten's Music Links with some of the links above, but more mail order/store links.
• World Musical Instruments, Books, Recordings and Videos
• Sounds Of Ethnic Musical * Instruments By Telephone: (707) 964-3762 * (24 hrs).

Ethnomusicology

• The Society for Ethnomusicology
• College and University Departments

Misc. World Info

• Live Television feeds via web (real, windowsMedia) from around the world with direct connections to the video streams.
• Lonely Planet
• US State Department's "Background Notes" on "the countries of the world with which the United States has relations."
• CIA - The World Factbook on "the countries of the world with which the United States has relations."
• Transparent Language's web site, offering low cost software for learning language including "Languages of The World": A primer for 101 languages in one package for under $30.
• Address Country Suffix Listing from ISO3166-countrycodes.
• LEISURE AND WORLD CULTURES.