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What is a melisma?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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What are dervishes, and what is the makeup of the ensemble that accompanies them?
 
  What will be an ideal response?



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A melisma is a vocal type of phrasing in which many notes are sung to a
single syllable.



Answer to Question 2

ANS: Dervishes are twirling dancers of the Sufi religion, who dance in an effort to
achieve spiritual enlightenment. Nay flutes, daff drums, choral singers, and other instruments
accompany them.




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