Available wholesale with purchase of 10 CDs. Call for prices. The region was home to both Alexander the Great and Attaturk. It reflects Greek and Ottoman influences. Greek music is characterized by the clarinet, violin, bouzouki, and santuri.
Turkish influence includes use of the oud, cumbus, and kanun.
If played at the beginning of a song, usually with no set rhythm. If played in the middle of a song, the Taximi is played on top of the normal rhthym. Often different members of the band trade-off Taximis, especially the clarinet and violin. The scale in which a song is played. More similar in concept to an East Indian Raga than to a Western scale.