Transcript MUSI 207 Middle East Chapter 3 cont. The Music of the Middle East Update: Chapter Presentations, D2L PowerPoint Presentations, MyMusicLab Registration Chapter Presentation Eval. MyMusicLab Instrument.

MUSI 207
Middle East
Chapter 3 cont.
The Music of the Middle East
Update: Chapter Presentations, D2L PowerPoint
Presentations, MyMusicLab Registration
Chapter Presentation Eval.
MyMusicLab Instrument Gallery and
Map
Chapter Presentation
Characteristics of Middle Eastern
Music
Characteristics of Middle
Eastern Music
Monophony – One melody line is played
simultaneously by all performers
Ornamentation- Notes are bent or are
embellished with trills, glissandos, or short
secondary notes
Sound Quality (Timbre)- Flat, vibratoless
tone, with a hard-edged, “raspy” quality
Solo, vocal music dominates
Improvisation is highly valued
The Three-Part Model of Music
a. Sound (6 Fundamentals of Music)
Melody
Rhythm
Texture
Tone Color (Timbre)
Dynamics
Form
b. Behavior – kinds of activities that go into
music making
c. Conception or ideas – what is the society’s
idea of this music? How does it relate to other
aspects of society?
For next class
Read Chapter 4
Work on your presentations
and D2L PowerPoints
A real leader faces the music,
even when he doesn’t like the
tune.
-Anonymous