Maqamlessons.com
Thank you for visiting Maqam Lessons. Several things can be found on this site currently.
- Sentences in Maqam Rast taken from improvisations in Egypt from the early 20th Century, the source material for the current session of Maqam Classes in New York City, running Saturdays March 3rd through May 19th, 2012, 3:00-4:20pm, and part of a larger analysis project I'm engaged in--below the bar
- A demo of the future version of this site
- Coming soon: audio samples and jins diagrams for Maqam Analysis: A Primer to be published in Music Theory Spectrum Fall 2013
To access the Rast Sentences, simply scroll down.
The Vocabulary of Maqam Rast, Part I: Early 20th Century Egypt
I have taken 7 improvisations in Maqam Rast from the first 3 decades of the 20th Century, by Abul-3ila Mohamed, Umm Kulthum, Abdel-Hayy Hilmi, Yusuf il-Manyalawi, and Sayyid is-Safti, and broken them up into their constituent sentences. Click on the individual notated staff to hear the audio for that particular sentence.
Or simply download all of the audio from the Audio Folder
For a visual representation of Maqam Rast in terms of its ajnas, visit the Maqam Rast page on the Demo Site
!!! non-music readers, please don't be discouraged by the music notation below. Simply click on the title of the sentence to hear it play.
!!! music readers: All pieces have been transposed to Rast on C for ease of comparison.
Next Page: Sentences Organized by Type
Third Page: Course Syllabus for Alwan Classes Spring 2012
Abul-3ila Mohamed: Layali Rast
Actual Key: Rast on C
Umm Kulthum: Layali Rast
Actual Key: Rast on B
Abdel-Hayy Hilmi: Layali Rast & Mawwal "Ila muhayyad"
Actual Key: Rast on F
Yusuf al-Manyalawi: Mawwal Rast "Man lahu 3ahdun"
Actual Key: Rast on G
Sayyid is-Safti: Mawwal Rast "Il-Leil ahu taal"
Actual Key: Rast on A
Abdel-Hayy Hilmi: Mawwal Rast "Ya Hadi el-3eis"
Actual Key: Rast on C
Abul-3ila Mohamed: Mawwal Rast "Fein ya gamil wa3dak"
Actual Key: Rast on C
