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= Week 2: Jan 16 =
= Week 2: Jan 16 =


* Introduction to the course:
* Introduction to the course: Requirements
* Requirements
** Arrive and leave on time, participate and pay attention throughout, no side conversations!
** Arrive and leave on time, participate throughout, pay attention
** Help set up chairs at the beginning, and help stack them at the end
** Help set up chairs, and put them away at the end
** Attendance will be taken at the end of class
** Attendance will be taken at the end of class
** Keep break to 10 min
** Keep break to 10 min
** No electronics!  (no phones, tablets, computers)  Take notes with pen and paper.
** No electronics!  (no phones, tablets, computers allowed, whatsoever)  Take notes with pen and paper.
** Practice exercises, repertoire, do homework
** Bring xeroxed sheets (lyrics, notations), ideally arranged in a notebook, to every class.  
* Dates to note:
** Practice exercises and repertoire as part of your homework
** Final concert March 26
** Submit writing assignments on eclass
** Concert in Convocation Hall: Feb 6 (no class, but you'll attend the concert and write a report)
* Dates to note on your calendars:
** Final concert Thurs March 26
** Arab music concert in Convocation Hall: Thurs Feb 6 (there will be no class, but you'll attend the concert and write a report about it)
** Quizzes (from 6:30): Feb 13, March 5, April 2
** Quizzes (from 6:30): Feb 13, March 5, April 2
* MENA: Middle East and North Africa
* MENA: Middle East and North Africa

Revision as of 09:33, 18 January 2020

short link: http://bit.ly/mename20a

Note: this schedule will be filled in week by week. Note that all assignments are to be submitted via eClass (http://bit.ly/mename20e) before the class for which it is due.

Repertoire is listed (with links to listen and read) via http://bit.ly/mename Repertoire documents are available online in Google Drive: http://bit.ly/mename20g Theory resources on maqamat and durub are available via the main course webpage http://bit.ly/mename Also see http://maqamworld.com


Week 1: Jan 9

Meeting for consent

Week 2: Jan 16

  • Introduction to the course: Requirements
    • Arrive and leave on time, participate and pay attention throughout, no side conversations!
    • Help set up chairs at the beginning, and help stack them at the end
    • Attendance will be taken at the end of class
    • Keep break to 10 min
    • No electronics! (no phones, tablets, computers allowed, whatsoever) Take notes with pen and paper.
    • Bring xeroxed sheets (lyrics, notations), ideally arranged in a notebook, to every class.
    • Practice exercises and repertoire as part of your homework
    • Submit writing assignments on eclass
  • Dates to note on your calendars:
    • Final concert Thurs March 26
    • Arab music concert in Convocation Hall: Thurs Feb 6 (there will be no class, but you'll attend the concert and write a report about it)
    • Quizzes (from 6:30): Feb 13, March 5, April 2
  • MENA: Middle East and North Africa
    • Some Arabic expressions: Ahlan wa Sahlan! - Ahlan Biik!
    • Countries
    • Languages
    • Religions
    • History
    • Musical characteristics: instruments (takht), heterophony, poetry-centric
  • Musical features
    • Introduction to iqa`at or durub (maqsum, masmudi, sa`idi, wahda, bamb, malfuf, sama`i thaqil), clapping or using dum/tek
    • Percussion exercise
    • Introduction to maqam hijaz
  • Songs
    • "Ah Ya Zayn" (eventually we'll do this film version with dance.
    • Hibbina (22:20), composed and sung by Farid al-Atrash, from the 1975 film "Nagham fi Hayati" (A melody in my life). Hanan works as a secretary for Mamdouh, the respected singer who is also good friends with her family. She goes to Lebanon to spend the summer with her mother, and see her boyfriend Mohsen who dreams of immigrating to Brazil to earn a decent living and become rich instead of working at his father's coffee shop. Hanan tries to discourage him from going away because they love each other. However, Mohsen leaves the country which breaks his father's heart as well as Hanan's who later discovers that she's pregnant with his child. Fearing that her pregnancy would cause a scandal, she tries to commit suicide but Mamdouh rescues her just in time. When he learns about her dilemma he decides to marry her and father her unborn child despite the age difference between them. After Mamdouh and Hanan wed they realize their feelings towards each other have turned into love.
    • Dulab Hijaz
  • Terms to know:
    • Dulab: "wheel" - prelude
    • Taqsim - instrumental improvisation
    • Qafla - cadence (closing formula)
    • Maqam - melodic mode
    • Darb - rhythmic cycle

Week 3: Jan 23

Homework Assignments

Remember homework to be handed in is always due on the day it is listed, before class! You must submit reading reviews for each reading, listening, or viewing before class on Thursday! Each review is one paragraph, in two parts: first, you should demonstrate that you’ve completed the assignment (reading, listening, or viewing) by telling me what it’s about (what are the main points?); second, you should demonstrate that you’ve thought about it, by telling me what you think of it (what are its limitations?). If there's more than one item (reading, listening, viewing) be sure you discuss all of them. You don't have to write much on each. Use the eClass site to submit all assignments. Late submissions will be downgraded (see course outline for details).

All assignments due on a particular day will be submitted together, since eClass provides a single link for each Thursday (note that there aren't assignments for every Thursday). For more details on assignments, see course outline.

Read & review (submit reviews on eClass)

Browse: http://maqamworld.com, and Theory section of our website, especially for the maqamat and durub we introduced last week.

Practice:

  • Please be able to recognize and play the rhythms we've introduced thus far, ideally while counting out or stepping to the beats!
  • Listen to our repertoire and sing along.

Lecture and exercise segment

  • Review durub and maqam hijaz
  • Add new ones (TBD)

Rehearsal segment

Songs:

  • Dulab Hijaz with lyrics
  • Leylim Ley (49:45), from the 1985 film "Mavi mavi" (Blue blue), sung by Ibrahim Tatlises. A poor bus drive falls in love with a rich but the customs of his world forces him otherwise.
  • Nassam alayna al-Hawa, from the 1968 film "Bint al-Haris", featuring Fairouz. Song by the Rahbani brothers (Mansur and Assi). A young girl's father is fired from his job as a guard because there are no more criminals left in town so she pretends to be a thief in order to stir up trouble and get him his job back.