Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Teachings
December 6, 2009 by admin
Filed under Belly Dancing Books
Product Description
Musicians desiring to play the Dance music, the Sacred music or the Folk music of the Arab and Turkish worlds must study these scales. Discover the musical basis for the incredibly rich emotions associated with Middle Ea… More >>
Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Teachings
C’est concis, assez complet (difficile d’être exhaustif avec les maqamat). Il ne faut pas s’attendre à un ouvrage développé, c’est plutôt un tableau des maqamat les plus populaires, nécessaires à un répertoire varié d’improvisation. Je conseille cependant de comparer avec d’autres ouvrages ou d’autres sites car les noms et les formes de ces modes varient d’une source à l’autre.
Rating: 5 / 5
Excellent book. I would highly recommend the CD’s that are sold seperately as well. They are very well done. Very informational and also has improvised demonstrations of the scales so you can hear each scale in a musical setting.
Rating: 5 / 5
Having been playing percussion in Middle-eastern music for over 15 years, and also being a string player, I finally wanted to learn the way to play the music with melodic instruments. I bought a baglama saz and began messing around, but was not satisfied with my knowledge of the scales used in this music.
Cameron has been a friend of mine for roughly 6 years and I have always enjoyed his mastery of the oud, ney, and voice in Middle-eastern music.
I told him that I wanted to learn more and he suggested I study this book.
It is, by far, the best source of the kind of information I was looking for that I have yet encountered. Since studying this book my level of playing has grown exponentially!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the best book I have found for American beginners. My musical education is heavily weighted in the western classical style, which makes it difficult for me to appreciate much of Arabic music. My ears tend not to hear what is being played. They hear what they think is the equivalent in western scale systems. I do not have the CD to this book, which is prabably a shame. Even so, Arabic musical vocabulary is so important that I benefit immensely from reading the text. The print is large, well formated, adequately cross-referenced, and I understand it. It is supplemental to lessons. The only quibble is possibly that the book does contain more material. But then it would not be a beginner’s book.
Rating: 5 / 5