Music Of The Middle East

Front 1

What music would be offensive to use in dancing?

Back 1

Sacred music

Front 2

What music is considered more "worthy"?

Back 2

Western Music & Professional composers.

Front 3

What musicians are more respected?

Back 3

Amateur

Front 4

Scales & Modes are both used in what cultures?

Back 4

Middle east & Western

Front 5

What are the radif & motive?

Back 5

Scales for the middle east.

Front 6

Is Improve an important part of middle eastern music?

Back 6

Yes!

Front 7

Is the form pre-determined in middle-eastern music?

Back 7

Yes

Front 8

Are the details pre-determined in middle-eastern music?

Back 8

No. Improve.

Front 9

What are the key factors to Sacred (Khadan) music?

Back 9

• Improvised
• Non-Metric
• Vocal
• Solo

Front 10

What are the key factors to Secular (Musiqi) music?

Back 10

• Composed
• Metric
• Instrumental
• Ensemble

Front 11

What are the key components of texture in the middle east?

Back 11

• Almost always monophonic
• Each ornaments in its own way
• Heterophany sometimes present.
• No Harmony or Chordal structure

Front 12

What is the singing style of the middle-east comprised of?

Back 12

• No Vibrato
• Tense Tone
• Highly Ornamented
• Men sing higher than normal / woman sing lower than normal.

Front 13

What are the modes of middle-eastern music?

Back 13

Maqam & Dastgah

Front 14

What are the rhythmic characteristics of middle-eastern music?

Back 14

Some is Metric

Some is Non-Metric

And some is in-between

Front 15

Key components of heterophany in the middle-east.

Back 15

• Ensembles
• No Harmony
• Each plays same melody
• Ornamentation

Front 16

List the common characteristics of middle-eastern music.

Back 16

• Monophonic
• No Harmony
• Much Ornamentation

Front 17

Makam is the scale used where in the middle east?

Back 17

Turkey

Front 18

Dastgah is the scale used where int he middle east?

Back 18

Iran

Front 19

Do modes have names?

Back 19

Yes, at times named after cities or villages.

Front 20

What are the western intervals?

Back 20

1/2 Step & Whole Step

Front 21

What are the middle-eastern intervals?

Back 21

• 1/2 Step

• Whole Step

• 3/4 Step

• 5/4 Step

• Modes may change during a performance.

Front 22

How many Muslims are present in the Middle-east and the America? (1999 figure)

Back 22

The middle east has 1.2 Billion Muslims. (19.2 - 22% of the world population is Muslim)

America has a range of 3 to 6 million Muslims.

Front 23

Who is Muhammad and what are some details?

Back 23

• Founder of Islam
• Muslims believe him to be the last prophet of god
• Born 570
• Born in Mecca (Saudi-Arabia)
• Revelations when he was 40 (Quran)
• Died 632 (62 years old)

Front 24

What is Kaaba?

Back 24

Built by the prophet Abraham as a landmark for the house of god. Sole purpose of worshiping god.

Each year, 2 million Muslims, make pilgrimage to mecca to worship.