Sheet music for the 'Bashraf Samai Iraq' piece from the Al Kindi' Ottoman Perfumes' album'. (Demitrie Cantemir collection).
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[file]25446[/file]spartan - 1-17-2013 at 03:30 AM
thanks for sharing, in fact thanks for edit this piece in arabic notation!
This is a beautiful piece, and I think the whole album is great .
Its strange how many maqams were played 3(or more) centuries ago.
the list of maqams now is more limited .
Iraq was a fondamental maqam Microber - 1-17-2013 at 06:32 AM
Thanks for sharing your transcription Jono !
I knew that piece and I already played it by ear.
I like the colour of the maqam Iraq played this way, almost dancing.Jono Oud N.Z - 1-17-2013 at 11:47 AM
There was a small mistake.
Fixed now.
spartan - 1-18-2013 at 12:44 AM
from a little search I made I didnt found taqsims in Iraq maqam .
Iraq maqam has a special calm, peaceful mood I think. The mixture of Bayati on Dugah and the Sikah flavor on Iraq pitch is something special.
there is an Omar Naqshbandi taqsim called Iraq-Sikah, I guess it's a Sikah taqsim in Irak pitch.
it was a nice old fashion habit to play Sikah-Huzzam from Irak pitch
It's been a basic maqam for all maqam theory and even for Byzantine music (echos Varys)
I guess recently other maqams like Evic (Awj) derived from Irak have been more in fashion. David Parfitt - 1-18-2013 at 02:38 AM
Spartan, check out the following pages for info on taqasim in Iraq/Irak:
You are right
this site it's been always a great source of info
there is also an excellent description of Irak's seyir also in this page
The sayr of Maqam Iraq is as follows. First focus on the lower Sikah trichord, starting with the note C (rast) preceded by G (yakah), before
ascending through the other ajnas in succession. Then descend in reverse order, without placing too much emphasis on the notes of the Busalik
pentachord, and finish on the tonic B half-flat (iraq).
Great approach right like it's in D' Erlanger 's book (based on Ali Al Darwish descriptionJody Stecher - 1-18-2013 at 08:54 AM
2 questions please. Is the only change the adjustment to the E at the end of measure 39? Why is there a b flat in the key signature since all B-s in
this piece are marked as to be played higher? thanks!Jono Oud N.Z - 1-18-2013 at 01:38 PM
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from a little search I made I didnt found taqsims in Iraq maqam . Iraq maqam has a special calm, peaceful mood I think. The mixture of Bayati on Dugah
and the Sikah flavor on Iraq pitch is something special.
I agree totally.
Such a beautiful maqam, and too rarely heard these days.
Strange how there more pieces played today in more recent compound maqamat like Farahfeza and hardly any in some of these older basic maqamat.
In the Cantemir Collection, Awj and Muhayyer are considered basic maqamat as well and are also very common.
Also Nishabour is basically extinct today too (apart from its use in other maqamat).
This deserves some revival in my opinion too
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2 questions please. Is the only change the adjustment to the E at the end of measure 39? Why is there a b flat in the key signature since all B-s in
this piece are marked as to be played higher? thanks!
Yes.
My mistake with the key signature!
Excellent point.
Some of these old pieces don't even use the Bb at all, (unlike more recent compositions in the mode).
