Greeting to you as well 🙏🏼 One love ❤️

What kind of music may I ask? If its of this kind I'd love to do vocals!

אפרת זיו? are you from Israel

Suren Kalantarian yes

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I'm pround to be Armenian origin 🙏

А вы совершили геноцид в нашем Арцахе. И еще нагло, без боя купили наши земли. БОГ все видит! Расплата близка, она будет справедливой и очень горькой!

theres the stringed Qanun, the whistle you hear is called the shvi and theres a drum called dhol

:) First secs of the first melody may sound similar but not the entire melody :)

I was thinking the same though a lot of times. The upper melodies often have some similar vibes, before it becomes more middle eastern. Very interesting!

It's really just the instrumentation. Modally it's not Chinese at all.

not like Chinese

Armenia is East of Europe and West of Asia. The trade routes of Marco Polo from the Orient went through Armenia, allowing for various cultural influences to permiate the region. You'll hear a blend of East/West in older Armenian music.

No

Not!!

Armenians made up a majority of the most Eastern part of the Ottoman empire before 1915 so you'll still hear a lot of Armenian influence in older folk songs from that region. Armenia is the crossroads between Arabic, Persian, Greek and East Asian cultures of antiquity until the Turkish migration. The Oud is a great example of that blend as each culture from that region has their own version that's slightly tweaked.

No sir. The New Turks in WW1 actually tried pretty hard to eliminate our wonderful culture. However, the past is the past and I’ve never met an Armenian who wanted revenge or carried hate toward the Turkish people. We are simply sad for our past and wish to build a peaceful future with our neighbors on all borders, while maintaining our cultural freedom and our Christianity. One love ❤️🇦🇲