This valuable musical presentation,
available on this site, is an
educational package called
Comparative Arabic Music. This
Presentation is published as a
documentary, however, it's an excellent
source for learning Arabic Music due to
it's extensive study in Classical and
Traditional Arabic Music.
This
presentation is published in 3
different formats: The first is
Audio/Visual/ Video presentation as
show above.
The second format is an all Audio
Musical Documentary and presentation,
published on 5 CD-ROMs. (See
Table below for Audio Clip Samples)
The third
format is a Multi Media CD-ROM
that is Audio Visual (Audio Music + Text
for explanations). This last
format lends itself to folks who like to
read the explanations and listen to the
musical examples. All three formats
discuss, in detail, the various aspects
of Arabic music; its Maqamaat, Forms and
rhythms, and supplemented with
many musical examples from the musical
heritage of the Middle East and North
Africa. The Multi-Media format
lists the graphical representations of
all the popular Maqamaat and their
scales.
This package contains
discussions and descriptions of all the
Maqamaat presented on this web site.
It includes an extensive audio details
of the sounds of notes, Tri-chords,
Tetra chords and full Scales of 40 plus
Maqamaat, with a diverse set of examples
of the Arabic (Middle East and North
Africa), Turkish and Persian Musical
Heritage.
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Comparative Arabic Music
Documentary Audio Samples
The
same Documentary is now
available in an
Audio/Visual/Video
Presentation Watch the
sample above
Below are a few audio
samples taken from various
tracks of this documentary
to illustrate some of the
various Maqamaat and musical
forms.
Maqamaat Introduction,
Mahoor (Major Scale
Compatible),
Jhar Kah,
Nahawand (Minor Scale
Compatible),
Egyptian Ushshaq,
Kurdi Maqam,
Rast Tetra chord (and
other Tetra chords with 3/4
sound steps),
Bayati Maqam,
Bayati Variety,
al-Hussein Variety,
Hijaz Maqam,
Raml al-Mayyah Maqam
(Andalusian in origin),
Musical Taqseem
Algerian Bashraf
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This musical
presentation is based on a musical
documentary published in the 1980s in
the Republic of Tunis, with compilation
and narration done by a musical scholar
and artist, Dr. Salih Al-Mehdi.
Multi Media Publishing is proud
to have revived this great educational
and entertaining musical work, and is
glad to share it with all the folks who
are interested in learning and
understanding of the various aspects of
this art form.
The presentation is
published on 5 Audio CD-ROMs, worth 7
hours of listening time. Audio
Narration is done in English (Arabic
version is also available), and the
examples are in original Arabic Music.
Each CD-ROM is divided into 10-12 tracks
based on the topics, which makes it easy
to scan (forward and backward) and to
re-listen to any selected topic. A
hard copy of the presentation is also
available, with the addition of all the
Maqamaat and scale notations.
The presentation
begins with an introduction and a brief
history of Arabic music. This is
followed by a cataloguing and
classification of the
various Maqamaat.
It lists and discusses Maqamaat that are
compatible with
Western Scales and
instruments, then proceeds
into discussion of
Maqamaat
that contain 3/4 sound steps
(these are unique to Arabic and Eastern
music), and spares no efforts in
presenting the various tetra chords that
compose these Maqamaat, with an ample
number of examples of the sounds of
these Maqamaat and their tetra chords,
as well as samples of musical pieces and
songs taken from the musical heritage of
the many regions that utilize these
Maqamaat.
The presentation
proceeds into more discussion of
Maqamaat that are influenced by African
Scales, such as the
Pentatonic Scale, and the
evolution of the
Andalusian Maqamaat and music in
the Arab North Africa (Morocco, Algeria,
Tunis and Libya). It discusses the
various forms of the Nawbah, and there
are many of them, and its scales and
rhythms.
A large portion of the
presentation is dedicated to the various
musical
forms (i.e. musical genres) in
the Middle East and North Africa.
Again, each form is discussed in
details, and supported with musical
examples from the heritage of the
Classical Arabic Music.
The Presentation makes
a good musical reference for students of
Arabic (Middle East and North Africa)
Music, and a valuable informational
source for the second generation of Arab
Americans, who were born in America, and
did not have the extensive exposure to
this art form due to the physical
location, and lack of resources
pertinent to this art.
Proceeds from the sale
of this musical presentation and other
musical packages will help support and
maintain this web site, to keep it as an
educational information venue.
