Description
This course is designed to assist students in understanding the makam system primarily through phrase material rather than through theoretical constructs such as scales and tetrachords/pentachords. Through this experiential approach, the nuance, sound and atmosphere of each makam will gradually become familiar, allowing them to integrate into our own musical understanding and experience. The compositions listed have been chosen due to their clarity and variety of phrasing. We will analyze them in detail, especially highlighting the phrase material which is characteristic of a makam. A medium level command of one’s instrument as well as a similar level of sight-reading ability is required to participate in this course.
This course requires that the student has previously completed one of the lower level Phrasing of Makam courses, either 1, 2, or 3.
Makams taught in this course will be: Beyâtî Arabân, Dilkeşide, Ferâhfezâ, Şivenüma, Gerdaniye, Sipihr, and Şedaraban.
This course includes
- 15 Hours of Instruction
- Lifetime Access to Video Recordings
- Certificate of Completion
Student requirements
- Instrumental technique: any level
- Western theory: any level
- Modal music theory: advanced
- Sight reading: intermediate
- Transposition: any level
- Learning by ear: any level
- Composition: any level
- Improvisation: any level
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