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Manana Shilakadze
Instrumental accompaniment is the initial and basic function of the Georgian stringed instrument. <strong>The</strong> old
Georgian terms denoting accompaniment shebaneba, dabaneba are derived from the word bani (the essential
category of the most significant feature of Georgian musical folklore – polyphony).
<strong>The</strong> original trait of the Adyghe musical culture is zhyu – vocal accompaniment of a soloist or an instrumental
tune, constructed on non-semantic words. Zhyu is a phenomenon determining the identity of the Adyghe musical
culture. Zhyu means accompanying by a voice, also an accompanist, accompanying by playing.
By its typological essence and nature, zhyu is identical with Georgian shebaneba. <strong>The</strong> earlier forms of the
instrumental zhyu are attested in the repertoire of the bow instrument (Shitcha-phshina), namely in the specimens of
the devotional ritual genre. A typologically interesting parallel is the terms phshine, denoting an instrument in general,
and the term dzali occurring in Georgian written sources beginning from the seventh century.
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Translated by Liana Gabechava