MENAME repertoire
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Contents
2013-14
Songs to practice for the World Music Sampler
Here is the playlist of the songs on YouTube:
- Alooli Kin (Fairouz, Lebanese folk) lyrics
- Ilham (Souad Massi, Algerian) notation-page1 notation-page2 lyrics
- Ya Khlila (Hussein al Jasmi, Emirati interpretation of Tunisian) lyrics
Additional songs to consider for the World Music Sampler
- Greek:
- Egyptian Sufi: Music of Sheikh el-Helbawy
- Persian: Shekar-e Ahou
2012-13
For Fall 2012 repertoire, please turn to 2012 class schedule
2011-12
Elements
Maqamat (melodic modes): Hijaz, Shehnaz, Bayyati, Saba, Rast, Nahawand, Ajam
Iqa`at or durub (rhythmic cycles): Bamb, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Wahda, Masmudi Kabir, Ciftetelli, Sama`i thaqil, Mudawwar Masri
Songs to practice
We'll combine Sampler material with new material for our spring concert...
from fall concert...
- Fika kullu ma ara hasan (Arab turath)(Bayyati D)
- Habbaytak (Lebanese)(Bayyati D)
- Al Ghourba (Nubian)(F minor)
- Bote chin (Persian)(Esfahan C)
- Da Magri (Kurdish) (Bayyati A)
- Habibi Dyali (Moroccan)(Nahawand C)
- Ya Mal al-Sham[1] (Syrian)(Rast C)
new...
- Matadjem yinmixan (Tuareg song by Tinariwen, from Mali)
- Hanghanni (Egyptian; by Shaykh Imam and Ahmad Fu'ad Nigm) [2]
- Bilafrah (Kaskess Warak) (Lebanese) G Hijaz
- Sunset Oro (Macedonia)
- Bahaar e del nesheen (Iran)
- Ah ya zayn (Egyptian-Levantine)
- Lamma bada [3](Arab turath)
- Zeina[4][5](dance piece by Mohamed Abdel Wahhab)
- Asa ma yuhashak ghali[6] (Omani)
- Aghrabe Zolf (Iran - folk) [7]
Instrumental pieces to practice
- Dulab Nahawand
- Sama`i Bayyati
- Raqsat al-Atlas (Moroccan)
Other possible repertoire
- Oudak Rannan (Lebanon)
- Bomwanzani wa mahaba (Tanzania)
- Enta Omri introduction
- Zeina
- Sidi Mansur
- Foug al-Nakhal with new addition...
- Iranian folksongs (Iran)
- Ilahi Kurdilihicazkar (Turkish)
- Havasi (Turkish)
- Kara Uzum Habbesi (Turkish)
- Ala Hesb Wedad (Egyptian - Abdel Halim Hafez)
- Oudy (Ahmed Mounib - Nubian)
- Mahani Zein (Emil Zrihan), with lyrics in Arabic and Hebrew (Moroccan)
- Sidi Yasser (Moroccan)
- Gnawa song (Moroccan)
- Amin amin (Baly Othmani) (Tuareg/Berber)
- Mesh Far'a Ma`i (Fayrouz - Lebanese)
- Mevlevi bashraf or samai (Turkish)
- Callipyge (Toufic Farroukh)
- Ibaatli Jawab (Shadi Jamil - Syrian)
- Greek song
2010-11
Note: if no link is provided below, all pieces are here, in alphabetical order.
Elements:
Maqamat (melodic modes): Bayyati, Hijaz, Saba, Rast, Sika, Nahawand
Iqa`at (rhythmic cycles): Ciftetelli, Wahda, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Bamb, Malfuf, Ayyoub, Fox, Murabba`, Bitayhi, Habibi Dyali rhythm, Yuruk Samai
Repertoire:
Songs:
- Mizmor Laila (Israeli-Yemeni) Bb minor
- Ya Mahla al-Fusha (Syrian) C minor
- Takayee (Kurdish) G Hijaz
- Shenhaye saheli (Iranian) F minor
- Ta Smirneika Tragouthia (Greek) D Bayyati
- Ouloulu[8] (Egyptian) Bd Rahit al-Arwah
- Bilafrah (Lebanese) G Hijaz
- Getma getma gal (Azerbaijani)
- Hibbina[9](Egyptian-Syrian)
- Ramani (Egyptian)
- Shoore Aasheghaaneh (Persian)
- Jaan e Maryam (Persian)
- Ilham (Algerian)
- Uyan Ey Gözlerim Gafletten Uyan[10] (Turkish)
Instrumental pieces:
- Ibn al-Balad; also [11](Egyptian)
- Longa Kurdili Hijaz Kar(Turkish)
2009-10
Maqamat: Rast, Suznak, Nahawand, Nawa Athar, Hijaz, Bayati, Bayati Shuri, Sikah, Huzam, Ramal al-Maya, Hijaz Kar, Hijaz Kar kurd
Iqa`at: Wahda, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Ciftetelli, Sama`i Thaqil, Bamb, Malfuf, Quddam
Instrumentals: `Aziza, Sama`i Bayyati, Dulab Nahawand, Dulab Rast, Bilafrah, Dulab Bayyati (with taqasim)
Songs: Oshyoni bulbulon, Rinda Min, Kalabandi, Ya Shadi al-Alhan, Shu Hal Iyyam, Chamce el Achia, Hare’ layle’, Qoqaye setaregan, Zuruni, Lamma Bada, Shalom Lecha Dodi, Ya Dha al-Qawam, Habbina
- More Tajik songs
- Berber song
- Abdel Halim song
- Qadukka al-Mayyas
Possible wasla sequence
- Bilafrah (Hijaz, G)
- Taqsim
- Dulab Nahawand (Nahawand, C)
- Lamma Bada (Nahawand, C)
- Taqsim
- Dulab Rast (Rast, C)
- Taqsim
- Mawwal (Rast, C)
- Ya Shadi al-Alhan (Rast, C)
- Shu Hal Iyyam (Nahawand, D)
- Chamce el Achia (mawwal and song) (Ramal al-Maya, C)
- Sama`i Bayyati (D)
- Dulab and taqasim Bayyati (D)
- Taqsim
- Hare' layle' (Bayyati, D)
- Taqsim
- Qoqaye setaregan (Nahawand, A)
- Aziza (Farahfaza = Nahawand, G)
- Zuruni (Ajam, Eb)
2008-09
Ach'hal Ayit
Ah ya hilu
Ah ya zayn (form: perc 4 cycles, all instr, Arabic, violins, Turkish, ud/guitar/saz, Urdu, Arabic)
Ala shawatee Dijla mur
Allah ya moulana
al-Uzubiyya
Bilafrah ("signature")
Bint al-Balad
Chang-e Rudaki
Dulab Bayyati (with taqasim)
Dulab Nahawand
Fawq al-Nakhl
Ha'agas Street 1
Hilwa ya baladi
Il hilwa di
Kara uzum habbesi
Lamma bada
Leylim ley
Longa Riyad
Nassam alayna al-hawa
Shoore aasheghaaneh
Ya banat iskandariyya
(form: perc 4 cycles, all instr, Arabic, violins, Turkish, ud/guitar/saz, Urdu, Arabic)
Dulab Nahawand, Dulab Bayyati, Sama`i Bayyati, Bint al-Balad, Bayyati ostinato, Percussion pieces (try to compose your own percussion piece using the same notation), Raqs al-Hawanem, Dulab Huzam, Longa Riyad
Wahrane, Foug al-Nakhal,Amurr bismiki, Ahebbak law tekun hader, Sa'altak ya habibi, La Khabar, Bidad-e Zaman, Ya Shadi al-Alhan, Allah ya moulana, A vava inouva, Oudak Rannan
Iqa`at (durub, usul)
See theory links for explanations.
- Wahda
- Ciftetelli
- Maqsum
- Masmudi
- Bamb
- Malfuf
Pieces by Maqam
See theory links for explanations.
Maqam Nahawand:
- Foug al-Nakhal
- Haagas Street
- Takderakht
- Shoore Aasheghaaneh
- Ya Rayah
- Dulab Nahawand
- Ya Banat Iskandariyya
- Lamma Bada Traditional Arab heritage.
- Wahrane, a song performed by Khaled from Algeria
Maqam Bayyati:
- Sama`i Bayyati
- Ah Ya hilw
- Bint al-Balad
- Dulab and Taqasim bayyati
Maqam Hijaz:
- Bilafrah
- al-Hilwa Di
- Ah Ya Zayn