Ethio-Jazz

ኢትዮ-ጃዝ (Ethio-Jazz) (n.) [i θiˈoʊ jaz ]: It has been written that the word Tizita (ትዝታ) in Amharic, directly translated as Memory, has three related meanings. This Ethiopian word can mean, one; the act of memory or its associations with nostalgia, two; the tizita scale of Ethiopian music, and three; the combination of the two in songs reflecting on memories whilst playing in the tizita scale like the one you are hearing now.  As musical scale and popular song form, an actual Tizita song has the ability to capture the complex ways in which memory conveys both collective and individual experience; as a mode of music Tizita reminds us that memory always depends on a structuring principle if it is to be communicated and shared with others. But you might be wondering what do we define Tizita and similar scales as a musical category? Welcome to the Subgenropedia, this is the multi-tonal, deeply reflective sounds better known as Ethio-Jazz.
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