study-music
Arabic music
- Johnny Farraj, Sami Abu Shumays. Inside Arabic Music - A modern book on all aspects of Arabic maqam music (instruments, forms, rhythms, modulations), with an emphasis on a new researcher look on the actual structure of maqam modulations. Two authors previously created two websites on the topic: http://maqamlessons.com/ (a CSS fix for inline players) and https://www.maqamworld.com/. Also a YouTube channel
- Nizar Rohana. ‘Ūd Taqsīm as a Model of Pre-Composition - The most detailed description of what happens in taqasim of Al-Qasabji and Al-Sunbati. Comes with a survey of Arabic music theory from Scott Lloyd Marcus “Arab Music Theory in the Modern Period”, which PDF I can’t find anywhere
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Kareem Joseph Roustom. A Study Of Six Improvisations On The Ud By Riyad al-Sunbati - Contains transcriptions and analysis. Audio. Also, scrolling videos with analysis by Dimitri Mikelis
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https://arabicmusicretreat.org/
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🏴 http://taqasim.net/ - An oud and darbuka school in the City of London and remotely (I learn to play oud there). Technically, you can learn basics of oud using just their books (“The Mukhtar Method” series), although tuning an oud by oneself at the beginning is a pain.
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Igor Nunes Houwat. Maintaining a Musical Tradition in Arab-America: An Oral History of Abdel Karim Bader - Contains a lot of reflexion on how Arabic music skills are transmitted from a teacher to a student. Sadly, I can’t find any audio recordings mentioned the thesis
- Animated Sheet Music:
- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLVYuHa4XDhHffBF4uHFss45yCTIn9UnEe
- https://www.youtube.com/@YoussryElwrdany/videos
- Darbuka Rhythms on several simultaneous instruments visualized