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CD 3-10: Musical Guided Tour by Hossam Ramzy-basic drum strokes: “dum” and “tek”
-doholla -tabla
-riqq
-mazhar (larger)
-duff
sagat
CD 3-11: instrument demonstrations by Hossam Ramzy
-mazhar -duff-doholla-(riqq)-tabla
CD 3-12: more instrument demonstrations by Hossam Ramzy
-riqq
-sagat
CD 3-9: “Alla Hai” -features traditional Zaar rhythms -performed by Hossam Ramzy
Music, Dance, Nationalism, and Mass Media Entertainment in 20th-Century Egypt
-Sayyid Darwish (1892-1923)-asil-hadith
-Badiaa Masabni
Samia Gamal (1924-1994)
Muhammad ‘Abd al-Wahhab (1907-1991)
takht ensemble
-‘ud
-qanun
(takht ensemble)-Western violin
-nay
-riqq
Firqa ensemble: -takht instruments-Western strings (violin, cello)-Arab percussion instruments-other Western instruments (sometimes)
CD 3-13: “Zeina” by ‘Abd al-Wahhab -maqam-based melody -prominent Arab instruments (qanun, nay, Arab perc.) -Egyptian dance rhythms throughout
-masmoudi
CD 3-13: “Zeina” by ‘Abd al-Wahhab (arrangement by Hossam Ramzy) -Intro 0:00-0:20 (masmoudi rhythm) -Zeina melody 0:21-1:06
-nay melody -Zaar section 1:52-2:59
-1/4-tone accordion; zaar rhythm -Reprise of Zeina melody (3:00-end)
-masmoudi again-melody: heterophony