ETHNOMUS 25 Lecture 10: Ethno 25 Week 5 10/28
21 Apr 2016
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No specific country : northern africa and arabic peninsula. Oud- string instrument, fretless, decedent of european oud, which has frets for pitches, but in. Arabic music there aren"t scales like european music, played with a risha (feather in arabic) Often used to compose music because its accessible. Kanun- same word for law, 77 strings, everyone tunes to it so very important to be tuned well. Cello, viola, bass, guitar, others. (assimilation of western culture) Nay, very hard to produce a sound, one tonic pitch. Most exciting part of arabic music, very loud. Riqq-looks like a tambourine, held from the bottom like banderos but heavier and deeper. Maqam is system of melodic modes (mode/scale) Contain sets of various different tetrachords and trichords (ajnas) Someimes they can (but not always) contain microtones. Most common maqamaat (plural): ajam, sikah, bayati, nahaawand, rast, hijaz, saba , Muashahaat late 12 early 1300s, set to poetry. Voice of egypt, voice of the arab world.
