Ancient or folk?

[artavazd]

the melody used is traditional Armenian. However the accordian, and keyboards are modern instruments. Play the same melody with say a duduk, and kanon (harp like instrument) then I would say its more traditional.


here are 4 examples of traditional Armenian dance and music using traditional instruments. (watch the whole video for the first one its interesting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcyk...eature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQ3Lzbc74gE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=le9F...eature=related (its called the fortress dance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29aj...eature=related ( this is a war dance, it was performed before going to battle. They would slap the palms of their hands against each other, and it is recorded that this was done in such a manner where the hands would start bleeding. In the video its performed by both male and female dancers, but originally its performed by men only)