MENAME repertoire

Find the following in Repertoire, or under YouTube videos

Things to be practicing now

Here's a list of some of the pieces we've been doing so far this year (2009-10):

Maqamat: Rast, Suznak, Nahawand, Nawa Athar, Hijaz, Bayati, Bayati Shuri, Sikah, Huzam

Iqa`at: Wahda, Maqsum, Masmudi, Sa`idi, Ciftetelli, Sama`i Thaqil, Bamb, Malfuf

Instrumentals: Aziza

Songs: Ya Shadi al-Alhan, Shu Hal Iyyam, Chamce el Achia, Hibbina, Qoqaye setaregan

Your homework: listen to maqamat and iqa`at Maqamworld.com. And listen to the songs...

Note: songs are here, in alphabetical order.

Recent repertoire (last year)

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