Inside Arabic Music is a comprehensive introduction to Arabic music, theory, and performance. Basing their work largely on oral traditions of performance practice, renowned musicians Johnny Farraj and Sami Abu Shumays cover melodic and percussion instruments, vocal and instrumental forms, ornamentation, improvisation, rhythm, ensembles and arrangement, the Arabic Maqam, the tuning system, and Tarab.
Inside Arabic Music is a comprehensive introduction to Arabic music, theory, and performance. Basing their work largely on oral traditions of performance practice, renowned musicians Johnny Farraj and Sami Abu Shumays cover melodic and percussion instruments, vocal and instrumental forms, ornamentation, improvisation, rhythm, ensembles and arrangement, the Arabic Maqam, the tuning system, and Tarab.
Johnny Farraj is a Lebanese-born musician and software engineer of Palestinian descent. His main instrument is the riqq; he also plays the 'ud and sings. Farraj is the creator of MaqamWorld, the leading Internet reference on Arabic music theory, and is a frequent Arabic music blogger, teacher and performer, as well as a lifelong listener. Sami Abu Shumays is a Palestinian-American musician, arts administrator, and independent scholar, who traveled to Cairo and Aleppo to immerse himself in Arabic Music. After returning to the U.S., he began performing and teaching, founded Zikrayat ensemble, and developed the pedagogical website Maqam lessons. He is currently Deputy Director of Flushing Town Hall, an arts presenter in Queens, NY.
Inhaltsangabe
0 Introduction 1 Melodic Instruments 2 Arabized Instruments 3 Percussion Instruments 4 Ensembles 5 Ornamentation 6 Rhythm 7 A Sampling of Arabic Iqa'at 8 Song Forms 9 Instrumental Forms 10 Arrangement 11 Tuning System 12 Notation 13 The Jins 14 The Most Common Ajnas 15 Less Common Ajnas 16 Newly Classified Ajnas 17 The Maqam 18 The Maqam Scale 19 Modulation 20 Sayr 21 The Taqsim 22 Vocal Improvisation 23 Tarab 24 Maqam Index
0 Introduction 1 Melodic Instruments 2 Arabized Instruments 3 Percussion Instruments 4 Ensembles 5 Ornamentation 6 Rhythm 7 A Sampling of Arabic Iqa'at 8 Song Forms 9 Instrumental Forms 10 Arrangement 11 Tuning System 12 Notation 13 The Jins 14 The Most Common Ajnas 15 Less Common Ajnas 16 Newly Classified Ajnas 17 The Maqam 18 The Maqam Scale 19 Modulation 20 Sayr 21 The Taqsim 22 Vocal Improvisation 23 Tarab 24 Maqam Index
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