Baiati
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Baiati
a genre of Azerbaijani folk songs, usually lyrical.
Baiati are based on a strictly defined poetic form—seven-beat lines, grouped in four-line stanzas. Baiati are performed by gusans and ashugs (folk poets and singers) to the accompaniment of the tar, kemancha, and saz.
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition (1970-1979). © 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.