eastern Flashcards
greek, arabic, middle easters, eastern mediterranean (9 cards)
1
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rhyms, metres
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- greek = irrgular rhytms and irrgular metres
- israeli = simple time
- arabic = rhtymic aptter is called a wazn and can be perfomred on the doumbek
2
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pitch, melody and ornamentation
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- greek = simpel melodies, deocartae nad ornamentation si free for player to choose, step, lyrical melodies
- arabic = based on maqam and improvisation is important
- isreali = grace notes, pitch bends, melodic decoration and ornamentation
3
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dynamics, expression and articulation
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- greek = stimple but expressive, timbre and sonority, tremolo, glisaando, melisma
4
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harmonmy adn tonality
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- greek = diatonic major an dminor, sometimes modulates to relative minor/major, tonic and dominant notes are emphaised by the bass instrument
- arabic = based on maqam which is divided into microtones
- israeli = often have a bass guitar playing root and fifth of a chord with other isntruments performing chords on the off beat
5
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tempo
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- all very fast
- arabic = imrpovisation and free tempo starts with
- israeli = gradual accelerando
6
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texture
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- greek = homophonic with offbeat chords
7
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form, strutcurea dn phrasing
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- greek = short section which are repeated, regular clear phrasing, sections separated by clear cadances, dialogeu in singers
8
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artists, bands, perfoners
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- yannis parios
- le trio joubran
- effi netzer
9
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instruments
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- bouzouki
- oud
- doumbek
- tambourine
- tabla baladi
- mizmar
- ney
- mijwiz
- santur
- greek = typically doumbek, bouzouki, violin, bass and vocals
- arabic and palestinian = features oud
- israeli = more western msuical instuments such as guitar and piano
