Talk:Music of Ethiopia

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[edit] Aster Aweke: most popular?

I'm wondering about the statement that Aster Aweke is the most popular musician from Ethiopia. I thought it would have been Tilahun Gessesse, and perhaps Mahmoud Ahmed or Aster after that. If it were somehow put to a vote, I'm not sure that Aster would come out on top. But then again, I'm probably thinking of "most popular among Ethiopians," which isn't necessarily the same thing as "from Ethiopia." I thought this could, perhaps, be qualified with "most popular in Western countries" (e.g., two albums with a major label) though I wonder if Gigi has surpassed her in that particular regard. Instead I modified the sentence to "one of the most..." -- Gyrofrog (talk) 06:08, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I added this to Aster profile and it got deleted, Aster is v popular, mayb too popular if u know what i mean, her singing drives me mad, day and night they play her, "yeah Konjo hey Konjo"--Halaqah 00:59, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Moving comments from article

I would kindly like to make a some correction on the article about Ethiopian Music. Corrections are as follows:

• Among other errors on the article, the sentence that says "Ethiopian music is strongly influenced by Muslim and Somalis" is incorrect. Rather, Ethiopian music is influenced by its culture. Religion might have some factor for its uniquness. But not a strong factor.
• The word "Senna-work (wax & gold)" spelled wrong . The correct one is "Semina-Work"

Thank you!! (comments by 206.130.170.11)

Thanks for the corrections, but if you spot something that needs to be fixed, please go ahead and do so. By the way some references concerning this information would be helpful (not directed only to you, but to this article's editors in general). In the future, if you just want to comment on the article, do so on the talk page. Thanks! -- Gyrofrog (talk) 19:39, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Time Signature

Can someone discuss the unique time signature that 3ple beat thing? I actually want to know and it should be in the article.or did i miss it.--Halaqah 00:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)