KARAKALPAK FOLK SONGS

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This article discusses the origins, melodies, and deep historical musical culture of the Karakalpak people's national and folk songs, as well as their origins and unique characteristics. Keywords: song, melody, tradition, national, genre, music, music, genre, performer, epic poem. The Karakalpak people have a centuries-old history, flourishing in all branches of literature and art - fine arts, architecture, theater, cinema, and especially music. The heritage of our ancestors, based on oral tradition, emerged in traditional songs and epics related to events encountered in people's lives. It reached us through performers, jirovs, and baksi from among the people, and the first examples of musical culture began to flourish. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that in the current era of development, this musical culture is progressing alongsidethetimes. In the first half of the 20th century, scholars studied and analyzed folk songs, as well as the repertoires of “jirov” and “baksi” (traditional bards), leading to the emergence of genre distinctions. In the second half, folk melodies were widely used in composers' works, appearing in genres ranging from simple romances to large-scale musical dramas, operas, ballets, and others. If we delve deeper into Karakalpak folk music, the genre of song occupies a significant place in Karakalpak folk musicalart. The roots offolk songs go back tothedistant past. The reason is that the emergence of songs and the rich aesthetic content of newly pleasing melodic rhythms did not appear spontaneously. The people reflected their life, spiritual experiences, and psychology, rich in various historical events, through poems. The influenceof poetry onpeople's comprehensiveaesthetic enjoyment was profound. Through song and music, a person can express their joy, joy, or sorrow, dreams and aspirations, and inner feelings. A song possesses an invisiblepower that captivates. Therefore, they conveyed the subtle thoughts they couldn't express in words through melody. Folk songs were performed at various celebrations and festivities. When jirow, baksi , and storytellers came toa village, everyone from near and far gathered for agathering. Thegathered audience page822 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ISSN:2692-5206,ImpactFactor:12,23 AmericanAcademicpublishers,volume05,issue04,2025 Journal: https://www.academicpublishers.org/journals/index.php/ijai would listen intently to our national epics, folk songs, and melodies. Such cultural holidays were not only a great school of upbringing in the lives of the people of that time but also provided them with spiritual wealth. All folk art has survived to this day through oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation, from father to son, and from distant villages, through the exchange of mentors and students. Due to the strong interest in musical art among the people, musical culture has flourished. Among the works of talented individuals of varying degrees, the most productive works that have captured the hearts of the people have been preserved and have survived to this day, occupying a prominent place in the repertoires of contemporary performers. Because the art of the Karakalpak people is rich in diverse songs and diverse oral traditions, they have possessed invaluable resources over many years and, along with expressingtheexperiences arising from thepeople's way oflife, possess deep historical roots. This is because the people's experiences have found vivid expression in folk songs. Our ancestors respected and cherished their songs. There are countless oral folk traditions that have provided them with spiritual support. Doctor of Philological Sciences N. Davqarayev wrote, "The Karakalpak people, both in their sorrowful and joyful days, could not live without songs, music, and oral poetry." A song has been a companion to a person since birth. Russian scholar A. Belyaev, while a 5th-year student at St. Petersburg University in 1903, traveled through Karakalpak villages to collect and research folklore. Upon encountering folk songs, he expressed his admiration for them and referred to them as "Karakalpak steppe nightingales." Scholars who have witnessed this truth have argued that ourpeopleare born with song, livewith song, and diewithsong. Poetry has served as a spiritual treasure for every nation in the life of the people. Along with inspiring a joyful life for the people, art, through its tireless work, encourages them to live a good life, provides spiritual support, and guides them towards their dreams and aspirations. Karakalpak folk song music is characterized by its diverse genres. The diverse development of musical genres is closely linked to the diversity of their themes. In a poem, themelody and textshare the sameweight and are aimed at achieving thesame goal.In every folk song, the melodic structure and poetic text lines, which are closely interconnected, constantly complement each other, leading to theemergenc