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| Scale in Middle Eastern music |
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building blocks of the macam and are used as ways to change from one macam to another
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| Persian mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation |
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| collection of traditional melodies in each dastgah |
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| full collections of gushehs in all dastgahs |
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| a theory about the composition of a melody, melodies, or piece based on pre-existing melodic figures and formulas |
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| a fretless pear shaped lute found in arabic music |
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A Sufi Islam ceremony about rememberance
-unison singing w/ shifting tonal center followed by mellismatic chant in free rhythm |
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-->2 melodic instrumental families
Sahb— “pulling or stretching”—bowed lutes and aerophones
Naqr—plucking or hammering—plucked lutes and zithers (plucked or hammered)
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| Indian mode or system of rules and expectations for composition and improvisation |
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| Musical style in northern india |
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| syllables in Indian music |
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| opening section of the raga composed in free rhythm and improvised |
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section of the raga that has metered composition and improvisation
--> drum enters |
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| rhythmic cycle w/ timbral accents |
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a conventionally accepted arrangement of common bols (syllables)
--> rhythmic patterns |
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| the most common tala in Hindustani music |
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| hindu devotional poetry set to music |
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| Persian hammered zither (dulcimer) |
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small two-stringed bamboo fiddle
- main instrument in beijing opera |
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| (civic ensemble)—strings and winds, accompanies singing, introductions and interludes. (jinghu) |
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| (military ensemble)—(double-reed aerophone; suona) percussion, rhythmic punctuation, movement, entrances, battles, |
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chinese organological system
-wood,bamboo,silk,clay,skin,gourd,metal,stone |
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| chinese silk and bamboo ensemble |
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| Korean narrative vocal performance style, featuring epic-length stories (5 of them) |
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National Instrument of Japan
A long hollow instrument, about 6ft. Long
Zither with 13 strings strung across 13 movable bridges
Zither with 13 strings strung across 13 movable bridges
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A Confucian-derived ritual court ensemble from japan;
literally "elegant music" |
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--> 3 part structure of traditional Japanese music (energetic contour/shape)
Jo=beginning, formless, no meter
Ha=break (establishment of meter)
Kyu=rushing (accelration of meter to completion) |
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| narrator in kabuki theatre |
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| a stage which has no props and only a painted pine tree as a backdrop |
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| music that tells a story, depicts a scene, or creates an image |
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