MENAME repertoire

Find the following in Repertoire, or under YouTube videos

2011-12

Elements

see http://www.maqamworld/com

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

Sampler

Sampler program:

• Very short taqsim D bayyati
• 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)
• Very short taqsim C rast
• Ya Mal al-Sham[1] (Syrian)(Rast C)

Note from Russ:

Hi Everyone,

Here is the revised schedule and other info for Saturday...

Please note that, with the exception of Koo Nimo, all ensembles will be "setup and go" for the performance - no soundcheck.

4:00pm - tech setup begins; performer access to hall; dressing rooms available 6:00pm - Koo Nimo soundcheck (or sooner - please advise, Jon) 6:30pm - mandatory stage crew break begins 7:30pm - audience doors 8:00pm - show begins 10:15pm - show ends

Dressing rooms: PLEASE NOTE: Ensembles are to leave dressing rooms clean and tidy, with no discarded food containers or mess left behind. There will be a trash can in the basement loading dock. Ensemble Directors: Please ensure this.

IME - Onstage dressing room (backstage right) and backstage area directly behind curtain MENAME - basement dressing room (south; down hallway and around corner) WAME & Koo Nimo - basement dressing room (north; at bottom of stairs)

Hall access and ensemble arrival times:

WAME, Koo Nimo and IME before 7:30pm please, to get settled backstage before audience arrives. MENAME no later than 9pm

Please let me know if you have questions.

Cheers, Russ

Other material

Others:

• Ah ya zayn (Egyptian-Levantine)
• Matadjem yinmixan (Tuareg song by Tinariwen, from Mali)
• Lamma bada (Arab turath)
• Bilafrah (Kaskess Warak) (Lebanese) G Hijaz

Instrumental pieces to practice

• Dulab Nahawand
• Sama`i Bayyati
• Raqsat al-Atlas (Moroccan)

Other possible repertoire

• Oudak Rannan (Lebanon)
• Bilafrah (Kaskess Warak) (Lebanese) G Hijaz
• 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)
• Zeina (Abdel Wahhab)
• 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:

see http://www.maqamworld/com

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[2] (Egyptian) Bd Rahit al-Arwah
• Bilafrah (Lebanese) G Hijaz
• Getma getma gal (Azerbaijani)

• Hibbina[3](Egyptian-Syrian)
• Ramani (Egyptian)
• Shoore Aasheghaaneh (Persian)
• Jaan e Maryam (Persian)
• Ilham (Algerian)
• Uyan Ey Gözlerim Gafletten Uyan[4] (Turkish)

Instrumental pieces:

• Ibn al-Balad; also [5](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

• Percussion piece

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