Musicology Annotation << Back Musical and ethnographic complex religious practices of Circassians (Adyghe) Gucheva Andzhela V. In article the musical and ethnographic complex of religious practices of Circassians (Adyghe) as the independent local and regional system of traditional musical culture of Circassians (Adyghe) is considered. The main stable signs of the specified system which treat are revealed: a) structure of genres; b) authentic genres and their interrelation with a ceremony. Results of the research which has defined stable signs in scoring of a ceremony, type of composition and dramatic art of a musical and ethnographic complex are given. Keywords: musical-ethnographic complex, song system, code, Th'jepshhyIo orjed, Shhyblje udzh, Elje. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.09.2018.199 Contacts: E-mail: anggucheva@mail.ru Pp. 42-50.