Difference between revisions of "Bayyati ostinato"
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+ | Repeat the ostinato subsituting hijaz and saba for bayyati. |
Revision as of 11:58, 11 September 2008
Establish the following ostinato. Melody instruments can play the melodic portion heterophonically. One person (melodic or percussion) is designated as soloist, performing taqsim (or layali) "ala al-wahda", on the beat.
percussion: (8 beats, based on ciftetelli)
D.TT.TT.D.D.T... (tabla, duff)
D..T..T.D.T.T... (riqq)
t.ttt.ttt.ttt.tt (shakers, jingles)
Tabla should add fills, especially in the last 1.5 beats.
melody: (8 beats)
2..32.1.7.6.7.1. 2.....5.4.3.3.2.
Here numerals refer to maqam Bayyati, where
6 = A3 (below middle C)
7 = B3d (B half flat, below middle C)
1 = C4 (middle C)
2 = D4 (tonic or qarar)
3 = Ed4 (E half flat)
4 = F4
5 = G4 (dominant or ghammaz)
Repeat the ostinato subsituting hijaz and saba for bayyati.