Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Advanced written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Oud Advanced book has been designed for students who are comfortable playing the oud using a high level of technique and wish to further advance their playing skills. Students are required to have completed the Upper Intermediate book with a high level of achievement and be able comfortably read music notation without the use of tablatures. This book will cover multiple techniques of oud playing including a high level of applying ornamentation patterns such as qarar and jawab, the use of trills. Modulations, secondary maqamaat, and the use of all three playing positions will also be practiced. These techniques will be practiced and applied while playing a variety of complicated repertoires providing students with a challenging set of skills to improve their playing"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Advanced written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Upper Advanced written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been written for learners who know most technical and theoretical techniques used on the oud. Such skills include playing accurately in all three positions; playing a maqam or a song in only the 2nd or 3rd positions; using ornamentation in the 2nd position and sometimes the 3rd; knowing maqam transpositions from main notes and open strings; and understanding different kinds of technical transpositions. In this book, most of the pieces studied are very well-known master pieces. A masterpiece is a piece of music that combines high technique with a high level of expressing the feeling, spirit, and soul of the music being played. This feeling is known as rouhiyyah in Arabic. The material in this book will guide you through these masterpieces and simplify the way they are played to help you progress using correct playing techniques"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Intermediate written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been written for oud students who have completed the material covered in the Mukhtar Method series up until the Oud Upper Beginner book. This course aims to introduce students to the practical concepts of transposition by playing musical pieces and maqamaat from different keys and in the second position. Some secondary maqamaat will be introduced along with longer more complex pieces, many of which contain maqam modulations"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Upper Intermediate written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been written for oud students who are confident players and have successfully completed the material covered in the Mukhtar Method series up until the oud Intermediate course book. The objective of this book is to further progress students' playing techniques as well as their understanding of the maqam system. Transpositions of Maqam Nahawand, Kurd, and Bayat will be further analyzed with a higher level of risha and fingering technique. New secondary maqamaat and some of their transpositions will be introduced including Maqam Lami and Bayat Shur. Longer musical pieces will be covered, many of which contain maqam modulations. Some pieces will also be played in a transposed key. A higher level of technique is applied and pitch precision is emphasized"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Beginner written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been written for beginner oud students with no experience playing the oud. The objective of the course is to acquire the basic techniques used to play the oud and understand the characteristics of the maqam music system by studying the eight fundamental maqamaat together with popular traditional repertoire. No previous musical knowledge is required to begin this course, as most music is notated as tablature, a visual representation which does not require understanding of music notation. However, it helps to have basic knowledge of music theory, rhythm, note names, and notation"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Upper Beginner written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book has been written for oud students who have completed the Oud Beginner Book. The principal maqamaat will be further analyzed with a higher level of risha and fingering technique such as the addition of a second octave and playing in the second position. New traditional instrumental oud pieces and songs have been added to the repertoire. The book begins with Maqam Rast, Bayat, Saba, and Segah to emphasise the importance of quarter-tones"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Oud Ensemble I II written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-21 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book "provides students with the opportunity to progress their performance skills while adding ornamentation to popular pieces of music. Maqamaat covered are Maqam Ajam, Nahawand, Rast and Bayat. The ornamentation skills applied to the repertoire provided are the tremolo, trill, and the use of qarar and jawab. The Oud Ensemble II book covers Maqam Kurd, Hijaz, Saba, and Segah. Learners are guided through the application of musical ornamentations that have been previously covered on a new set of maqamaat and pieces as well as adding more complex skills such as the glissando and vibrato. Learners will also be expected to practice playing more than one ornamentation simultaneously within a maqam scale and musical piece"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Darbuka Beginner Intermediate written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "beginner book covers basic techniques such as correct holding position; producing correct tones; correct right- and left-hand strokes; and reading darbuka music notation. Popular basic rhythms covered include Wahda, Maqsoum, Ayyoub, Malfouf. The ... intermediate book will help learners improve their basic playing techniques. More advanced playing techniques and complex rhythms will be covered. An emphasis will be placed on producing accurate tones while adding ornamentation"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book The Mukhtar Method Arabic Music Theory I II written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-12-27 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Arabic Music Theory I book guides students through the basics of music literacy. Students will have acquired the essential skills needed to read musical scores and use solfege exercises. Topics covered will include basic rhythms, note names, time value, key signatures, and accidental notes. Music Theory II is designed to guide students through learning the basic elements of the maqam system. Students will learn to fine-tune their ear to recognize each of the main maqamaat and understand the ways in which each of them is constructed, transposed, and intertwine with one another. Complex and syncopated rhythms will also be explored"--Publisher marketing.

Download or read book Oud Method written by John Bilezikjian and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Instructional). The purpose of this book and its accompanying audio is to give the student not only a method from which to learn the oud, but also an overview of the history, folklore and origins of this beloved ancient stringed instrument. This book teaches the fundamentals of standard Western music notation in the context of oud playing, and serves as an introduction for absolute beginners as well as those experienced on other instruments. The book covers: types of ouds, tuning the oud, playing position, how to string the oud, music notation, scales, chords, arpeggios, tremolo technique, studies and exercises, songs and rhythms from Armenia and the Middle East, and 25 audio tracks for demonstration and play along. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

Download or read book Basics of Oud written by MARINA TOSHICH and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2015-05-23 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth instruction manual for the Arabic oud, the ancestor of the lute and guitar. A companion instructional online video is included showing key points toplaying the Oud.. Contents include: Holding the oud, Plucking the Strings, Basic Plucking Rules in Arabic Tradition, Positions of Left Hand Fingers, Basic Notes on the oud, Advanced Left-Hand Techniques, Maqamat, and much more. Over 40 tunes are included in the book. Standard notation only

Download or read book Ancient Pakistan An Archaeological History written by Mukhtar Ahmed and published by Amazon. This book was released on 2014-05-29 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Pakistan - An Archaeological History deals with the prehistory of Pakistan from the Stone Age to the end of the Indus Civilization. This particular volume, The Stone Age, concerns with the first appearance of man in northern Pakistan more than a million years ago and traces his cultural history up to the emergence of agriculture and sedentary living in this region. The book is written for students of ancient history, anthropology, and archaeology. The material is generously illustrated with a large number of maps, tables, drawings, and colored photographs. Each Section is provided with extensive references to the text and a comprehensive bibliography is provided for those who want to dig deeper into the subject. Although the book primarily deals with the Greater Indus Valley, its scope is much wider: the subject has been discussed in context with the paleolithic of India, Central Asia, and Iran. The story of human evolution provides a constant background.

Download or read book ARABIC MUSIC AND THE OUD Paperback written by Ahmed Mukhtar and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been written on the subject of Arabic music, most of them by Western authors who presented the subject from a Western perspective with no knowledge of Arabic music other than from theories reported by authors relying mainly on other Western and often inaccurate sources. Ahmed Mukhtar's book is most important because, precisely, it narrates his account of Arabic music, and especially oud music, from the perspective of an accomplished oudist and composer who has received his knowledge principally from oral transmission which sometimes conflicted with historiography. However, oral transmission is a fundamental epistemological tool of Arabic culture of which the West is suspicious. I have often heard stories about early Arabic music by musicians from Damascus, to Baghdad, to Fez which I often disdained as tales but then, decades later, I found out that they were supported by manuscripts. In a land which commits its Holy Book to the memory of the Hafiz, is it not reasonable to assume that the history of music, too would have been committed to orality? Western musicology should revise their views about the transmission of Arabic theory and rely on probability rather than on subjectivity. Was it not Farmer who said that the Arabs had a lute twice the size of the normal type? I never heard such a story from the mouths of any Arab musicians...

Download or read book Struggle and Survival in Palestine Israel written by Mark LeVine and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, the study of Israel/Palestine has focused on elite actors and major events. Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel takes advantage of new sources about everyday life and the texture of changes on the ground to put more than two dozen human faces on the past and present of the region. With contributions from a leading cast of scholars across disciplines, the stories here are drawn from a variety of sources, from stories passed down through generations to family archives, interviews, and published memoirs. As these personal narratives are transformed into social biographies, they explore how the protagonists were embedded in but also empowered by their social and historical contexts. This wide-ranging and accessible volume brings a human dimension to a conflict-ridden history, emphasizing human agency, introducing marginal voices alongside more well-known ones, defying "typical" definitions of Israelis and Palestinians, and, ultimately, redefining how we understand both "struggle" and "survival" in a troubled region.

Download or read book Inside Arabic Music written by Johnny Farraj and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes hundreds of listeners cheer ecstatically at the same instant during a live concert by Egyptian diva Umm Kulthum? What is the unspoken language behind a taqsim (traditional instrumental improvisation) that performers and listeners implicitly know? How can Arabic music be so rich and diverse without resorting to harmony? Why is it so challenging to transcribe Arabic music from a recording? Inside Arabic Music answers these and many other questions from the perspective of two "insiders" to the practice of Arabic music, by documenting a performance culture and a know-how that is largely passed on orally. Arabic music has spread across the globe, influencing music from Greece all the way to India in the mid-20th century through radio and musical cinema, and global popular culture through Raqs Sharqi, known as "Bellydance" in the West. Yet despite its popularity and influence, Arabic music, and the maqam scale system at its heart, remain widely misunderstood. Inside Arabic Music de-mystifies maqam with an approach that draws theory directly from practice, and presents theoretical insights that will be useful to practitioners, from the beginner to the expert - as well as those interested in the related Persian, Central Asian, and Turkish makam traditions. Inside Arabic Music's discussion of maqam and improvisation widens general understanding of music as well, by bringing in ideas from Saussurean linguistics, network theory, and Lakoff and Johnson's theory of cognition as metaphor, with an approach parallel to Gjerdingen's analysis of Galant-period music - offering a lens into the deeper relationships among music, culture, and human community.

Download or read book Darbuka Mastery 1 written by Ibraheem Malik and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-17 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Start your Darbuka journey with excellence with the Darbuka Mastery book series. We will start from the bare basics of how to play the Darbuka, and build up from there all the way to the point where you can execute a wide range of common rhythms with ease and confidence. In this book, we will cover a range of practical and theoretical topics to ensure that you have a well-rounded foundation from which to build an amazing Darbuka legacy. Content covered in this book: Practical content: - Holding the Darbuka- Basic Darbuka strokes (the Doum, Tek and Ka)- Reading and understanding drum tabs- Basic ornamentation, making rhythms more exciting- Detailed introduction to the Maqsum family of rhythms (incl. Maqsum, Sa'idi and Baladi)- Switching between rhythms and using a metronome to practiceTheoretical content: - Origins & structure of the Darbuka- Choosing a good Darbuka- Caring for your Darbuka and keeping it in tune- Guide to clay DarbukasThis books takes each of the above topics and breaks them down into easily understandable concepts, to ensure that you have a seamless and problem-free learning experience. This knowledge is hard to find in English-speaking countries; it usually requires a trip to the Middle East or North Africa to properly master the Darbuka. However, with a book such as this, you will be able to master the Darbuka from anywhere in the world. This is the first book of the three-part Darbuka Mastery series. The series aims to take a complete beginner to the point of Darbuka Mastery, and as such covers a wide range of topics from Darbuka strokes, ornamentations, soloing, caring for your Darbuka, understanding the role of the Darbuka player and split-hand Darbuka technique. The book series can be supplemented with Malik Instruments' Darbuka Mastery Program, a detailed instructional course that makes it even easier to learn the Darbuka. If you're struggling with the concepts covered in any of the books in this series, you will be able to get further help by taking the Darbuka Mastery Program by Malik Instruments. You should note that the Darbuka instrument can also be referred to as the Egyptian Tabla, the Sombaty drum, the Doumbek, the Doholla or the Darabana/Tarabana. As such, if you are looking to learn any of these instruments, this is the book for you!