"GIJJAK" PERFORMED BY AN INSTRUMENT PLACE OF THE INSTRUMENT

Abstract

The theoretical views of Oriental scholars were formed on the basis of existing experience in the performing arts, and in their treatises they provided detailed information about the role and importance of music in society. Abu Nasr al-Farabi's (873-950) "Great Book of Music" (Kitab almusiqa al-kabir), Abu Ali ibn Sina's (980-1037) "Book of Healing" (Kitab ush-shifo), "Osori muntahab" encyclopedia (The Musical Treatise), AlKhwarizmi's (10th century) "The Key to Knowledge", Safiuddin al-Urmavi's (1216-1294) "The Book of Nobility" or "Sharafiya", Abdurahman Jami's (1414-1492) "On Music" The booklet contains important information about music performance and folk instruments. Of these, Safiuddin al-Urmavi's greatest achievement was the development of a perfect system of modes.