Maqam Melodies

Author : Johnny Farraj
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019065838X
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Arabic Music written by Johnny Farraj and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes hundreds of listeners cheer ecstatically at the same instant during a live concert by Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum? What is the unspoken language behind a taqsim (traditional instrumental improvisation) that performers and listeners implicitly know? How can Arabic music be so rich and diverse without resorting to harmony? Why is it so challenging to transcribe Arabic music from a recording? Inside Arabic Music answers these and many other questions from the perspective of two "insiders" to the practice of Arabic music, by documenting a performance culture and a know-how that is largely passed on orally. Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. Inside Arabic Music de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions. Inside Arabic Music's discussion of maqam and improvisation widens general understanding of music as well, by bringing in ideas from Saussurean linguistics, network theory, and Lakoff and Johnson's theory of cognition as metaphor, with an approach parallel to Gjerdingen's analysis of Galant-period music - offering a lens into the deeper relationships among music, culture, and human community.

Author : Peter Thoegersen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1040051413
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maqam Melodies written by Peter Thoegersen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths. The ratio 3/2, as the fifth overtone in the overtone series, is used as a multiplier leading to numeric ratios for all pitches in the tetrachords and pentachords of the maqam. Musicians today are highly curious about expanding the pitch palette and are already employing microtones in their music, from folk rock to classical music. The maqam is among the few extant analyzed systems of music from antiquity that reflect the methods of the Greek Genera, in terms of tuning and function. The book also discusses Charles Ives's use of microtones, Bach and his use of microtones, and a score of Hypercube, the seminal composition discussed in the author’s first book, Polytempic Polymicrotonal Music, which was not published in its entirety in the former book. The text covers microtones philosophically, questioning the efficacy of such tunings. This book is accessible to the beginners in the field and will be beneficial to musical analyses in colleges and universities also by showing detailed analysis of Bach chorales in their original modes, and how their tuning presented complete character shifts by the microtones they contained by mean-tone temperament, an offshoot of Pythagorean tuning during the Baroque.

Author : Mark L. Kligman
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814332160
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maqām and Liturgy written by Mark L. Kligman and published by Wayne State University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the cultural connection between Syrian Jewish life and Arab culture in present-day Brooklyn, New York, through liturgical music.

Author : David Muallem
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789655050530
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The maqām book written by David Muallem and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dorothea E. Hast
Publisher : Kendall Hunt
ISBN 13 : 9780787271541
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Exploring the World of Music written by Dorothea E. Hast and published by Kendall Hunt. This book was released on 1999 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and music theory including, frequency, amplitude, duration, timbre, natural enviornment (Bosnian, Ganga, Becarac, Australia, Papua, New Guinea, spirit world, Tuvan; modern urban music, modern minstrels, rap music, transformative power of music, contra dance music, healing music (Kung healing ceremony); political power music (national anthems, protest and resistance); labor movement music, civil rights movement music; toptical songs in the United States; music and memory; much more.

Author : Cameron Powers
Publisher : cameron powers
ISBN 13 : 0974588245
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Arabic Musical Scales written by Cameron Powers and published by cameron powers. This book was released on 2006-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to play Arabic music. Maqam structures with traditional quarter-tone intervals presented in easy-to-read formats. This book has become a widely-used standard for instrumentalists and singers who wish to enter the magical world of Arabic music.

Author : Dalia Cohen
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226112993
Total Pages : 531 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Palestinian Arab Music written by Dalia Cohen and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2006-01-16 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sound disc consists of digitally remastered musical selections originally recorded by the authors.

Author : János Kárpáti
Publisher : Pendragon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780945193197
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bartók's Chamber Music written by János Kárpáti and published by Pendragon Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At first sight a work devoted to Bartók's chamber music looks as though it were simply concerned with a genre division attempting an exposition of no more than a single aspect of the whole oeuvre. But in Bartók's case the chamber music is not simply a matter of grouping according to genre-it is really the framework for his whole oeuvre. (From the introduction) "János Kárpáti one of the outstanding scholars in the field of Bartók research here presents a revised and expanded edition of his Bartók's String Quartets (Corvina Press 1975)."

Author : Johnny Farraj
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190658355
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside Arabic Music written by Johnny Farraj and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes hundreds of listeners cheer ecstatically at the same instant during a live concert by Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum? What is the unspoken language behind a taqsim (traditional instrumental improvisation) that performers and listeners implicitly know? How can Arabic music be so rich and diverse without resorting to harmony? Why is it so challenging to transcribe Arabic music from a recording? Inside Arabic Music answers these and many other questions from the perspective of two "insiders" to the practice of Arabic music, by documenting a performance culture and a know-how that is largely passed on orally. Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. Inside Arabic Music de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions. Inside Arabic Music's discussion of maqam and improvisation widens general understanding of music as well, by bringing in ideas from Saussurean linguistics, network theory, and Lakoff and Johnson's theory of cognition as metaphor, with an approach parallel to Gjerdingen's analysis of Galant-period music - offering a lens into the deeper relationships among music, culture, and human community.

Author : Rob Simms
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 1461673488
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Repertoire of Iraqi Maqam written by Rob Simms and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003-12-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classical music of Iraq, known as Iraqi Maqam, features classical and vernacular poetry sung by a virtuoso soloist and accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble. It is a remarkably cosmopolitan art, sharing many features with neighboring classical traditions, particularly Iranian. Its repertoire consists of orally transmitted, multi-sectioned compositions, performed with some flexibility regarding ornamentation, arrangement and development. Focusing on the period between 1930-1980, this reference offers the first comprehensive view of the musical contents of the repertoire—scalar structure, melodic materials and overall form—through various tables and musical transcriptions. This reference consolidates information from prominent Iraqi sources and draws upon a selection of recordings by master musicians, including Rashid Qundarchi and Yusuf Omar. An introductory section provides a brief overview of pan-Middle Eastern modal theory along with an outline of the terminology, theory and practices specific to Iraqi Maqam. The main section of the work is a catalog of 40 maqams that constitute the central core of the contemporary repertoire. The Repertoire of Iraqi Maqam aims to foster a better musical understanding of a relatively little known tradition, promote further research, and enhance appreciative listening to this inspiring facet of Iraqi culture.