THE LOOP

“THE LOOP”, Bashkir ethnic song, uzun-kuy. First registered by L.N. Lebedinskiy in 1938, published in the “Bashkort khalk yirdary” collection by N.Idelbay. The song is lyro-dramatic. The main theme is social inequality. Performed on behalf of poor people, who respected their human dignity. The distinctive feature of the melody is repetitive matching of ascending third and then descending fourth in the beginning, also two mode stands – Do and Re in the 10th and 12th beats. The song is characterized by wide range of sounds (duodecima), the mode base is minor pentatonic. The musical adaptation for a capella choir was made by R.V. Salmanov.

G.A. Ishkinina