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World Music Exam 2

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Maghrib The time or place of the sunset. The Arabic name designating the region from modern day Libya to Morocco.
Mashriq The time or place of sunrise; the east. The Arabic name designating the parts of Asia and Egypt conquered and populated by the Arabs.
Arabic The holy language of Islam, and a musical tradition whose history is intricately linked with the spread of the language.
Ottoman Empire A powerful Turkish Dynasty that ruled various parts of West Asia, Eastern Europe, and Northern Africa from the 13th to the early 20th century
Adhan Islamic call to prayer
Muhammad Muslim prophet and Arab leader who during his lifetime spread the religion of Islam and unified a great deal of the Arabian Peninsula
Site 1: Islamic Call to Prayer Single male vocalist (muezzin). Vocalist calls in free rhythm. The text setting is syllabic. Each initial line is primarily syllabic then repeated with increased melisma.
Sunni The mainstream or majority branch of Islam.
Sufi The mystical branch of Islam.
Ud A fretless plucked pear-shaped lute that is found in Arabic music traditions; and is the origin of certain lutes of Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Maqam Arabic/Turkish mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation.
Cents A way to measure sound intervals with 1200 cents in an octave and a semitone measuring 100 cents.
Islam and Arabic Non-music Koranic Chant. Adhan(Call to Prayer). Hajj(Pilgrimage Chants). Eulogy chants. Chanted poetry.
Islam and Arabic Music Family celebratory music. Occupational music (caravan, Shepard, work songs). Military music.
Buzuq Fretted plucked lute.
Site 2: Arabic Taqasim Improvisation for Ud and Buzuq. The ud begins the performance; listen for the mellower timbre and lower range of this instrument compared with the brighter timbre of the buzuq the whole performance is in free rhythm. The buzuq enters, overlapping with the concluding phrases of the ud.
Santur A hammered zither from the Persian classical tradition.
Dashtag Persian mode or system of rules and expectations for compositions and improvisation.
Site 3: Iran Dashtgah for Santur and Voice Vocals; singing female. Instruments; Santur(hammered zither). Santur begins in free rhythm, creative variations in volume. free-flowing tonality. Tonal center solidified on the last pitch in octaves heard just before the voice enters.
Takht An Arabic music ensemble including zihers, bowed and plucked lutes, drums, aerophones, and sometimes Non-traditional instruments.
Quanun A plucked zither used in Turkish and Arabic music traditions, prominent in takht ensembles.
Raqs Sharqi The Arabic name for what is commonly referred to by outsiders as "belly dance."
Tarab Arabic word for a state of emotional transformation or ectasy achieved through music.
Site 4: Egypt Takht Instrumental Ensemble Instrumental. Ud(plucked lute), Violin(bowed lute), ney(end-blown flute), qanan(plucked zither), riqq(tamborine), and tablah(goblet drum)
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