III · Repertoire & Audience Field study, 1978 – 1990
Muqam Archive · Kashgar Branch Slide 14 / 22

The dap is louder than the rawap — yet it is the rawap that keeps the room.

Across twelve years of oasis listening sessions, attention follows the long-string melody, not the drum.

Average listening minutes per piece, by lead instrument minutes · per attendee
24 18 12 6 0 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 RAWAP · 1990 22.4 min · per piece rawap-led dap-led
Rawap-led muqam (long string) Dap-led muqam (frame drum) n = 1,284 sessions · 11 oasis towns
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