Musicology Annotation << Back Features of Traditional Etiquette in the Structure of North Caucasian Vocal Polyphony (on the material of solo and group songs of Adyghes, Karachays and Balkars) Vishnevskaya Liliya A. The culture of etiquette has acquired a great prominence in the traditional life of North Caucasian peoples as a means of self-protection and self-development of the society. Features of the etiquette culture have been reflected in different spheres of creative work, in folk singing art among others. For the first time North Caucasian vocal polyphony is studied on the material of Adyghes’, Karachays’ and Balkars’ traditional solo and group songs from the perspective of universals of traditional etiquette. Its features are notable on the levels of ensemble performance arrangement and the structural and functional hierarchy of the voice parts, in the context of monologue and dialogue as the main forms of etiquette communication, on the basis of the etiquette formulas of "greeting" and "leave-taking", in the light of songs’ genre peculiarities. This research leads to the following conclusions. The etiquette as a refl ection of the mentality and psychology of the North Caucasian peoples allows to explain the peculiarities and the typological affi nity of the vocal polyphony in the traditions of different North Caucasian peoples. The culture of etiquette has predetermined the musical thinking by the set regularized categories, structural orderliness of the vocal polyphony of traditional solo and group songs of Adyghes, Karachays and Balkars. Keywords: North Caucasian vocal polyphony, traditional etiquette of North Caucasian peoples, solo and group songs in the musical culture of Adyghes, Karachays and Balkars. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.10.2018.201 Contacts: E-mail: liliya-vishnevskaya@yandex.ru Pp. 13-22.