Üch Ün
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Üch ün (Iradi, "three voices") is the three-part singing of Iradi hymns in the yurt liturgies of the highland clans. A lead voice (bash ün) and a middle voice (orto ün) move over a sustained bass (bas), and singers in the Chatkal valley add a high, yodelling part called kekilik ün ("partridge voice"). The churches of the cities and of Iyık Janyl sing the monophonic Syriac chant of the East Syriac rite.[1]
The style has never been written down. After 1992 it became a mark of the clans of the Autonomous Tribal Regions, and city clergy have called it untidy. Field recordings made by Talas State University are held in the State Archives of Irad, and the Mor-Folk ensemble Eski Ün has used it.[2]
References
- ^ Talas State University Press (2023). Sacred Toponymy and Ecclesiastical Monasteries of Iyık Janyl, pp. 78–95.
- ^ Central Asian Cultural Studies Review (2020). 'Stage, Screen and Club: Performing Arts in the ISEZ.' Vol. 13, pp. 77–96.