Syllabus
IDST 2500-01
CORE 5: World Music
(Focus: Fine Arts)

CURRENT WEEK + 1

UNIT 6: ARABIC CLASSICAL MUSIC

Week 11: Apr. 3, 4, 5 (Mon, Tue, Wed)

  • NETTL, Ch. 3 (The Music of the Middle East)
  • The maqamat: Modes in Arabic Music
  • Instruments and their origins
  • Tarab and Saltanah: Reaching modal ecstasy in Arabic music performance

Week 12: Apr. 10, 11, 12 (Mon, Tue, Wed)

  • playing common Iqa'at patterns on percussion instruments
  • TEST on Unit 6 Apr. 12 (Wed.)

 

 

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