Pentatonic scale used in Gonder and Wollo Province in Ethiopia
For the region, see Ambassel.
The Ambassel scale
The Ambassel scale is a pentatonic scale widely used in the Gonder and Wollo regions of Ethiopia.
The notes of the scale (from C) are C, Db, F, G and Ab. It can be viewed as a pentatonic subset of the Phrygian scale on intervals 1, ♭2, 4, 5, ♭6 or as a mode of the Hirajoshi scale.
The scale is used in Ethiopian music for songs with historical themes. It can be heard used on the song "Ambassel" by Abate Berihun and Yitzhak Yedid on their Duo Ras Dashen album.
The Ambasselscale is a pentatonic scale widely used in the Gonder and Wollo regions of Ethiopia. The notes of the scale (from C) are C, Db, F, G and Ab...
scales that are used, all of which are pentatonic: tizita (ትዝታ), bati (ባቲ), ambassel (ዐምባሰል), and anchihoye (አንቺሆዬ). Three additional modes are variations on...
comprising the qenet modal system. Three of these modes - Bati, Tezeta and Ambassel - originate from the Wollo region in the Ethiopian Highlands, where most...
tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. It also consists of three additional modes; tezeta minor, bati major, and bati minor. • Pentatonic Scales: Ethiopian...
and Somali peoples. Between the late 1400s to mid 1500s there was a large scale migration of Hadhrami people into Adal. Among the earliest mentions of the...
Harar in 1910 or 1911. On 3 August 1911, Tafari married Menen Asfaw of Ambassel, niece of the heir to the throne Lij Iyasu. Menen Asfaw was 22 years old...
export of agricultural products. Production is overwhelmingly by small-scale farmers and enterprises, and a large part of commodity exports are provided...
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system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. Three additional modes are variations on the above: tezeta...
self-proclaimed emperor Haile Selassie I and his Empress Itege Menen Asfaw of Ambassel. The Habesha developed an agricultural society, which most continue, including...
system called qenet, of which there are four main modes: tezeta, bati, ambassel, and anchihoy. Three additional modes are variations on the above: tezeta...
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local populace sided with Omar, and soon enough the Italians had a full-scale revolution on their hands after Omar followed up his previous success with...
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