MENAME course outline Winter 2016

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Click here to download course outline for Winter 2016

NOTE: this outline is not yet finalized - please do not read any further! The outline will be posted by the first meeting in Jan 2016. Please complete readings, watch films, and study maqamat and durub prior to each class. Submit a 1-2 paragraph report on each reading and each film via [eclass.srv.ualberta.ca eClass].

From course outline: 

"Homework:  You must read, listen, and watch assignments listed on http://bit.ly/mename
prior to the class in which they are assigned. For each such assignment, submit a 1-2 
paragraph review to the instructor via email with the subject “MENAME review” before 6:30 
on the due date.  In this paragraph, demonstrate that you’ve completed the assignment (by 
telling me what it’s about), and that you’ve thought about it (by telling me what you think of 
it).  This review is due prior to class; late assignments will be downgraded a quarter point per 
day. Note that all homework assignments are available online."

Midterm quizzes will be scheduled for TBA (academic, 6:30 – 7:00; short answer and map quiz) and TBA (demonstration of performance and aural competence, 6:30 – 7:30). Final exam: TBA, 6:30 to 9:30, comprising two quizzes (academic and performance).

Week 1: Jan 7

Maqam: Hijaz
Durub: wahda, maqsum, bamb

(see Theory section)

Lecture segment (6:30 to 7:00)

Course introduction

Rehearsal segment: (7:00 to 9:30)

Instrumental piece:

Songs:

  • Ah Ya Zayn (traditional; here performed by the celebrated Wadi al-Safi)

Week 2: Jan 14

Maqamat: Bayyati, Rast
Durub: Malfuf, Fals, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i, Khush Rank [D*T D*DD T*T D*DD T*T]

Homework

Remember homework is always due before class! You must submit reading reviews for each reading to me by email before class on Thursday! For details, see course outline above.

Read & review:

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

Lecture segment

Overview of tonal and rhythmic theory

Rehearsal

Week 3: Jan 21

  • Maqamat: Hijaz, Rast, Nahawand (review), Shahnaz (new)
  • Durub: Ayub, Fals, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i

Homework

Read/watch and review:

Film segment (6:30 to 7:30)

Film: Umm Kulthum: A Voice Like Egypt

Rehearsal

Week 4: Jan 28

  • Maqamat & Durub: review content from previous weeks

Homework

Read, listen, and review:

Rehearsal

Special session with Kanykei Mukhtarova

Week 5: Feb 4

NOTE: the first quiz will be held on Oct 11, from 6:30 - 7:00, comprising short answers and identification of countries on a map. A study guide will be presented on Oct 4.

  • Maqamat: Hijaz, Rast, Nahawand, Shahnaz (review); Rahat al-Arwah (new)
  • Durub: Wahda, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Bamb, Malfuf, Ayub, Fals, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i, Khush Rank [D*T D*DD T*T D*DD T*T] (all review)

Homework

Read and review:

Note: Garland musical examples are available here: http://muco.alexanderstreet.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/view/409890

Rehearsal

Week 6: Feb 11

NOTE: the first quiz will be held on Oct 11, from 6:30 - 7:00, comprising short answers and identification of countries on a map. Credit students - please arrive on time! The second quiz will be held on Oct 25, in two weeks' time.

MENAME Performance for Nigerian Association event, SUB Dinwoodie lounge, on Saturday October 13

  • Maqamat: Hijaz, Rast, Nahawand, Shahnaz, Rahat al-Arwah
  • Durub: Wahda, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Bamb, Malfuf, Ayub, Fals, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i, Khush Rank [D*T D*DD T*T D*DD T*T] (all review)

Homework

Review

Rehearsal

Week 7: Feb 18 (READING WEEK - NO CLASS)

NB: The second quiz (identifications) will be held next week.

Kyrgyz music (TBA)

Homework

Rehearsal

Week 8: Feb 25

NOTE: the The second quiz will be held Oct 25 from 6:30 to 7:00 PM.

Review for quiz

Please be ready to identify all the pieces we've studied so far, and say something (1-3 sentences) about them, including the following sorts of information (as available):

  • information on the maqam and darb
  • era in which it was composed and first performed
  • composer and lyricist (if known)
  • genre (type of music, e.g. muwashshah, dulab)
  • source culture or country (e.g. Lebanese).

You don't have to know anything about them that we haven't discussed in class, and there isn't always a definite "right" answer. I'm just looking to see what information you can provide.

You will also be asked to identify:

  • one or more darb (from among those we've studied)
  • one or more ajnas (in relation to maqam Hijaz)

Homework

  • Watch the film Dananeer (90 min), featuring Umm Kulthum, directed by Ahmad Badr Khan (Studio Misr), released September 29, 1940. The film is on reserve in the Music Library, Rutherford Library 2nd floor (check at the desk; may be filed under MENAME, Music 506, or Music 601; ask for Carmen - she'll know). Pick up the DVD remote as well. You can watch it in the Music Library's listening room. For those not fluent in Arabic, be sure to turn on English subtitles. NB: For those who are fluent in Arabic: I just found the film online also. There are no subtitles, and I can't vouch for the completeness or quality though, so if you want to watch a good quality DVD with English you should go and watch in the Music Library.
  • Write a review and critique the film: how does the film represent the history of Islamic civilization and Arab music (the Abbasid period, during the reign of Harun al-Rashid), and how does that representation relate to the period (mid 20th century) when the film is made and first screened (1940s, before the Egyptian revolution)? One page, maximum.

Rehearsal

Week 9: March 3

Kyrgyz music (TBA)

Homework

No homework this week - use this week to catch up on anything you missed (PLEASE ensure that you've sent me EVERY assignment), and please study all the songs very well!

Rehearsal

  • Il Hilwa Di
  • Kyrgyz song
  • others...

Week 10: March 10

Homework

  • Read and review each of the following:
  • Read, listen, analyze:
    • Read and listen and submit your comments on the differences you hear between the different styles of performing the Call to Prayer.
    • Read and listen and submit your comments on the differences you hear between the different styles of performing Qur'anic recitation.

Rehearsal

Week 11: Mar 17

Homework

Muslim devotional song and Sufi music in Egypt

IMPORTANT: Don't forget to put MENAME review in the subject line of your emails (capitalization and spelling exactly like this: "MENAME review"). Many of you are not doing this, and I'm afraid I'm liable to lose assignments that enter the general (200+ per day) email stream....

Rehearsal

We'll be reviewing our entire repertoire. Please practice hard this week! Only two rehearsals before our big concert on Nov 24!

Week 12: Mar 24

Homework

Rehearsal: starts at 6:30 this week!!

We'll be reviewing our entire repertoire. Please practice hard this week! Last rehearsal before our big concert on Nov 24! Please arrive promptly a few minutes before 6:30 so we can begin on time!

= Week 13: Mar 31 (MENAME concert)

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