Egyptian Music Flashcards
Takht
Late 1800’s-early 1900’s
Quarter tones
Instruments in Taqasim
Oud Violin Quanun Nay Riqq Vocalist
Taqasim
Improve on modes
Solos in the Wasla Suite
Types of compositions in the Wasla Suite
Solos and composed pieces
Light and serious pieces
Modulation
From 1 maqam to another
Tarab
The feeling of ecstasy
Ud/oud
Lute
Maqam rast
C d e/b f g a b/b c
Riqq
Tambourine
Mode
Scale
Selection of notes played in order
Where Wasla Suite comes from
Egyptian and Arabic history
2 kinds of heterophony
Different instruments decorating a melody in different ways
Instruments shadowing a vocalist
Maqam
Modes
Drone
Single held note in background
Behind Taqasim
Nay
Flute made of reed
How to singers use repetition to create a feeling of ecstasy
Mode
Poetry
Quanun
Zither
Plucked with lots of strings
Wasla Suite
Egyptian classical music
Suite
Collection of related music
Historical associations of the Wasla Suite
Ancient Arabic past (Mohammad 570-632)
Andalusian Spain (710-1492)
Ottoman Empire (Turkey, 1299-1923)
Modern Egyptian nationalism (1952)