MAIN STRUCTURE

V O C A B U L A R Y

◻CHORDS 

 

◻ARPEGGIOS

 

◻RHYHTMIC CYCLES

 

◻horizontal vs. vertikal space 

 

◻BASS NOTES


 

◻TREMOLO    (note from Charbel - different ones)

 

◻Pedals

◻Drone 

 

 

 

explain why 

MAQAM / MODES / AJNAS  as an important element 

                

ONE FOCUS: SOLO OUD COMPOSITONS TODAY - what do they include?  

IDENTITY   OUD    HISTORY   PLAYER PROFILES  

video? popup? text? ... examples / linked again. 

VOCABULARY   COMPOSITION   PERFORMANCE

O R N A M E N T S

WHY DOES THE OUD SOUND AS AN OUD DOES? 

CREATING A HARMONIC STRUCTURE ---> 

which FOLLOWS MODAL PROGRESSION

 - modulations and tonal centers within the mode

 - mood&function of the tetrachord/jins 


the result is a completely different Harmonic Progression,

yet grounded in modality...