Taksim (Improvisation) and Sha'ki [sound recording].
Goshtigian, Mary, performer.
Cowell, Sidney Robertson, 1903-1995, collector.
sound recording
Field recordings. lcgft
arm
Yellow song check-list notes: "Taksim or tah'sim and sha'ki are the names of specific musical forms, the first free in style to show off one's virtuosity, the second stricter in form. A remark interjected by an auditor toward the end is a form of applause. Sometimes shifting pitches are done deliberately by stretching the string with the left hand--it is not a wow in the machine except at the end of the cut."
Mary Goshtigian, oud.
Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California on April 17, 1939.
Forms part of a group of field materials documenting Mary and Hartop Goshtigian performing Armenian and Armeno-Turkish songs and music on April 17, 1939, collected by Sidney Robertson Cowell in Fresno, California.
Armenian Americans--California--Fresno--Music.
Oud music.
W.P.A. California Folk Music Project collection
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc1940001.afc1940001_a4239a1