MENAME assignments and class schedule 2012

Click here to download course outline for Fall 2012

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 email to the instructor using the subject line: MENAME review

Midterm quizzes are scheduled for October 11 (academic, 6:30 – 7:00; short answer and map quiz) and October 25 (demonstration of performance and aural competence, 6:30 – 7:30). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse. Final exam: November 29, 6:30 to 9:30, comprising two quizzes (academic and performance). No makeups will be allowed without a valid excuse (doctor's note or documented family emergency).

Week 1: Sep 6

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:

• Dulab Hijaz on nay, and score

Songs:

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

Week 2: Sep 13

Maqamat: Bayyati, Rast
Durub: Malfuf, Sama`i Thaqil, Fals, Sama`i Darij, Yuruk Sama`i, [Fals + Yuruk Sama`i = Ewe]...Khush Rank

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:

• Hearing the Music of the Middle East
• Performance of Arab Music in Twentieth-Century Egypt: Reconciling Authenticity and Contemporaneity

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

Review pieces from last time.

• Dulab Hijaz 2
• al-Hilwa Di, by Sayyid Darwish and Badi` Khayri (Hijaz)
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• Ana Fintizarak, by Zakaria Ahmed and Bayram al-Tunisi (Hijaz)
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