version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.51"
+@c \version "2.12.0"
@node World music
@section World music
-FIXME
+The purpose of this section is to highlight musical notation issues
+that are relevant to traditions outside the Western tradition.
@menu
-* Arabic music::
+* Arabic music::
@end menu
@node Arabic music
@subsection Arabic music
-FIXME
+This section highlights issues that are relevant to notating Arabic
+music.
@menu
-* Arabic music notation overview::
-* Arabic note names ::
-* Arabic key signatures::
-* Arabic time signatures::
-* References for Arabic music::
+* References for Arabic music::
+* Arabic note names ::
+* Arabic key signatures::
+* Arabic time signatures::
+* Arabic music example::
+* Further reading::
@end menu
-
-@node Arabic music notation overview
-@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic music notation overview
+
+@node References for Arabic music
+@unnumberedsubsubsec References for Arabic music
@cindex Arabic music
-@cindex medium intervals
-@cindex maqam
+@cindex medium intervals
+@cindex maqam
@cindex maqams
-Arabic music so far has been mainly an oral tradition. When music is
-transcribed, it is usually in a sketch format, on which performers are
-expected to improvise significantly. Increasingly, Western notation,
-with a few variations, is adopted in order to communicate and
-preserve Arabic music.
-
-Some elements of Western musical notation such as the transcription
-of chords or independent parts, are not required to typeset the more
-traditional Arabic pieces. There are however some different issues,
-such as the need to indicate medium intervals that are somewhere
-between a semi-tone and a tone, in addition to the minor and major
-intervals that are used in Western music. There is also the need to
-group and indicate a large number of different maqams (modes) that
-are part of Arabic music.
-
+Arabic music so far has been mainly an oral tradition. When music
+is transcribed, it is usually in a sketch format, on which
+performers are expected to improvise significantly. Increasingly,
+Western notation, with a few variations, is adopted in order to
+communicate and preserve Arabic music.
+
+Some elements of Western musical notation such as the
+transcription of chords or independent parts, are not required to
+typeset the more traditional Arabic pieces. There are however
+some different issues, such as the need to indicate medium
+intervals that are somewhere between a semi-tone and a tone, in
+addition to the minor and major intervals that are used in Western
+music. There is also the need to group and indicate a large
+number of different maqams (modes) that are part of Arabic music.
+
In general, Arabic music notation does not attempt to precisely
indicate microtonal elements that are present in musical practice.
-
-@node Arabic note names
+Several issues that are relevant to Arabic music are covered
+elsewhere:
+
+@itemize
+@item Note names and accidentals (including quarter tones) can be
+tailored as discussed in @ref{Note names in other languages}.
+
+@item Additional key signatures can also be tailored as described
+in @ref{Key signature}.
+
+@item Complex time signatures may require that notes be grouped
+manually as described in @ref{Manual beams}.
+
+@item @notation{Takasim} which are rhythmically free
+improvisations may be written down omitting bar lines as
+described in @ref{Unmetered music}.
+
+@end itemize
+
+
+@seealso
+Notation Reference:
+@ref{Note names in other languages},
+@ref{Key signature},
+@ref{Manual beams}.
+
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music}.
+
+
+@node Arabic note names
@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic note names
-@cindex Arabic note names
+
+@cindex Arabic note names
The more traditional Arabic note names can be quite long and are
not suitable for the purpose of music writing, so they are not
-defined by the inclusion of "arabic.ly". English note names
-@code{a, b, c, d, e, f, g} are not very familiar in Arabic music
-education. Italian or Solfege note names @code{do, re, mi, fa,
-sol, la, si} are more familiar, and are used when
-@code{"arabic.ly"} is included. Modifiers can also be used, as
-discussed in @ref{Note names in other languages}.
+used. English note names are not very familiar in Arabic music
+education, so Italian or Solfege note names (@code{do, re, mi, fa,
+sol, la, si}) are used instead. Modifiers (accidentals) can also
+be used, as discussed in @ref{Note names in other languages}.
For example, this is how the Arabic @notation{rast} scale can be
notated:
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
-% TODO: commented out until arabic is included
-%\include "arabic.ly"
-%\relative do' {
-% do re misb fa sol la sisb do sisb la sol fa misb re do
-%}
-\relative c' {
- c
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\include "arabic.ly"
+\relative do' {
+ do re misb fa sol la sisb do sisb la sol fa misb re do
}
@end lilypond
-@seealso
+@cindex Arabic semi-flat symbol
+@cindex Semi-flat symbol appearance
+
+The symbol for semi-flat does not match the symbol which is used
+in Arabic notation. The @code{\dwn} symbol defined in
+@code{arabic.ly} may be used preceding a flat symbol as a work
+around if it is important to use the specific Arabic semi-flat
+symbol. The appearance of the semi-flat symbol in the key
+signature cannot be altered by using this method.
+
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\include "arabic.ly"
+\relative do' {
+ \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
+ dod dob dosd \dwn dob dobsb dodsd do do
+}
+@end lilypond
+
-Notation Reference:
+@seealso
+Notation Reference:
@ref{Note names in other languages}.
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music}.
+
@node Arabic key signatures
-@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic key signatures
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic key signatures
@cindex Arabic key signatures
In addition to the minor and major key signatures, the following
-key signatures are defined in @code{"arabic.ly"}: bayati, rast,
-sikah, iraq, and kurd. These key signatures define a small number
-of maqam groups rather than the large number of maqams that are in
-common use.
-
-In general, a maqam uses the key signature of its group, or a
-neighbouring group, and varying accidentals are marked throughout
+key signatures are defined in @code{arabic.ly}: @notation{bayati},
+@notation{rast}, @notation{sikah}, @notation{iraq}, and
+@notation{kurd}. These key signatures define a small number of
+maqam groups rather than the large number of maqams that are in
+common use.
+
+In general, a maqam uses the key signature of its group, or a
+neighbouring group, and varying accidentals are marked throughout
the music.
-For example to indicate the key signature of a maqam muhayer piece:
+For example to indicate the key signature of a maqam muhayer piece:
+
+@example
+\key re \bayati
+@end example
+
+Here @var{re} is the default pitch of the muhayer maqam, and
+@var{bayati} is the name of the base maqam in the group.
+
+While the key signature indicates the group, it is common for the
+title to indicate the more specific maqam, so in this example, the
+name of maqam muhayer should appear in the title.
- \key re \bayati
+Other maqams in the same bayati group, as shown in the table below:
+(bayati, hussaini, saba, and ushaq) can be indicated in the same
+way. These are all variations of the base and most common maqam
+in the group, which is bayati. They usually differ from the base
+maqam in their upper tetrachords, or certain flow details that
+don't change their fundamental nature, as siblings.
-Here re is the default pitch of the muhayer maqam, and bayati is the
-name of the base maqam in the group.
+The other maqam in the same group (Nawa) is related to bayati by
+modulation which is indicated in the table in parenthesis for
+those maqams that are modulations of their base maqam. Arabic
+maqams admit of only limited modulations, due to the nature of
+Arabic musical instruments. Nawa can be indicated as follows:
-While the key signature indicates the group, it is
-common for the title to indicate the more specific maqam, so in this
-example, the name of maqam muhayer should appear in the title.
+@example
+\key sol \bayati
+@end example
-In Arabic music, the same term such as bayati that is used to indicate
-a maqam group, is also a maqam which is usually the most important
-in the group, and can also be thought of as a base maqam.
+In Arabic music, the same term such as bayati that is used to
+indicate a maqam group, is also a maqam which is usually the most
+important in the group, and can also be thought of as a base
+maqam.
-Here is one suggested grouping that maps the more common maqams to key
-signatures:
+Here is one suggested grouping that maps the more common maqams to
+key signatures:
@multitable @columnfractions 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6
-@headitem maqam group
- @tab key
- @tab finalis
- @tab Other maqmas in group (finalis)
-@item ajam
- @tab major
- @tab sib
+@headitem maqam group
+ @tab key
+ @tab finalis
+ @tab Other maqmas in group (finalis)
+@item ajam
+ @tab major
+ @tab sib
@tab jaharka (fa)
-@item bayati
+@item bayati
@tab bayati
@tab re
- @tab hussaini, muhayer, saba, ushaq, nawa (sol)
-@item hijaz
+ @tab hussaini, muhayer, saba, ushaq, nawa (sol)
+@item hijaz
@tab kurd
- @tab re
+ @tab re
@tab shahnaz, shad arban (sol), hijazkar (do)
-@item iraq
+@item iraq
@tab iraq
@tab sisb
- @tab -
-@item kurd
+ @tab -
+@item kurd
@tab kurd
@tab re
- @tab hijazkar kurd (do)
-@item nahawand
+ @tab hijazkar kurd (do)
+@item nahawand
@tab minor
- @tab do
+ @tab do
@tab busalik (re), farah faza (sol)
-@item nakriz
+@item nakriz
@tab minor
- @tab do
+ @tab do
@tab nawa athar, hisar (re)
-@item rast
+@item rast
@tab rast
@tab do
@tab mahur, yakah (sol)
-@item sikah
+@item sikah
@tab sikah
@tab misb
- @tab huzam
-@end multitable
+ @tab huzam
+@end multitable
+@snippets
-You can also set the key signature using Staff.keySignature as discussed
-in @ref{Key signature}. This offers more flexibility if you don't wish
-to be limited to the key signatures that are defined in "arabic.ly", or if
-you don't wish to use the above method of determining a key signature based
-on the maqam group.
+@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
+{non-traditional-key-signatures.ly}
-For example, you can set the key signature to do sharp, mi semi-flat, and
-sol flat as follows :
-
-@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
-% TODO: uncomment when arabic is added.
-%\include "arabic.ly"
-%{
-% \set Staff.keySignature = #`( (0 . ,SHARP) (2 . ,SEMI-FLAT) (4 . ,FLAT) )
-% \relative re'
-% {
-% re misb fa solb la si dod re sisb la solb fa misb re
-% }
-%}
-\relative c'{
- c
-}
-@end lilypond
@seealso
-
-Notation Reference:
+Notation Reference:
@ref{Key signature}.
-
+
Learning Manual:
@rlearning{Accidentals and key signatures}.
Internals Reference:
@rinternals{KeySignature}.
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music},
+@rlsr{Pitches}.
+
+
@node Arabic time signatures
-@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic time signatures
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic time signatures
@cindex Arabic time signatures
-@cindex Semai form
-@cindex taqasim
+@cindex Semai form
+@cindex taqasim
+
+Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as
+@notation{Semai} use unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This
+may lead to an automatic grouping of notes that is quite different
+from existing typeset music, where notes may not be grouped on the
+beat, but in a manner that is difficult to match by adjusting
+automatic beaming. You can override this by switching off
+automatic beaming and beaming the notes manually. Where matching
+existing typeset music is not an issue, you may still want to
+adjust the beaming behaviour and/or use compound time signatures.
-Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as Semai use
-unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This may lead to an
-automatic grouping of notes that is quite different from existing
-typeset music. You can override this by switching off automatic
-beaming, and grouping the notes manually using @code{[ ]} to
-surround grouped notes, as described in @ref{Manual beams}.
+@snippets
-For improvisations or taqasim which are temporarily free, the time
-signature can be omitted, and @code{\cadenzaOn} can be used.
-You might need to adjust the accidental style, since the absence
-of bar lines will cause the accidental to be marked only once:
+@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
+{compound-time-signatures.ly}
-@example
-#(set-accidental-style 'forget)
-@end example
+@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
+{arabic-improvisation.ly}
-@seealso
+@seealso
Notation Reference:
@ref{Manual beams},
@ref{Automatic beams},
-@ref{Unmetered music},
-@ref{Automatic accidentals}.
+@ref{Unmetered music},
+@ref{Automatic accidentals},
+@ref{Setting automatic beam behavior},
+@ref{Time signature}.
-@node References for Arabic music
-@unnumberedsubsubsec References for arabic music
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music}.
+
+
+@node Arabic music example
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic music example
+
+@cindex Arabic music example
+@cindex Arabic music template
+@cindex Template Arabic music
+
+Here is a template that also uses the start of a Turkish Semai
+that is familiar in Arabic music education in order to illustrate
+some of the peculiarities of Arabic music notation, such as medium
+intervals and unusual modes that are discussed in this section.
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\include "arabic.ly"
+\score {
+ \relative re' {
+ \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
+ \set Staff.autoBeaming = ##f
+ \key re \bayati
+ \time 10/8
+
+ re4 re'8 re16 [misb re do] sisb [la sisb do] re4 r8
+ re16 [misb do re] sisb [do] la [sisb sol8] la [sisb] do [re] misb
+ fa4 fa16 [misb] misb8. [re16] re8 [misb] re [do] sisb
+ do4 sisb8 misb16 [re do sisb] la [do sisb la] la4 r8
+ }
+ \header {
+ title = "Semai Muhayer"
+ composer = "Jamil Bek"
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+
+@seealso
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music}
+
+
+@node Further reading
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Further reading
@enumerate
-@item
-The music of the Arabs by Habib Hassan Touma [Amadeus Press, 1996],
+@item
+The music of the Arabs by Habib Hassan Touma [Amadeus Press, 1996],
contains a discussion of maqams and their method of groupings.
-There are also various web sites that explain maqams and some
+There are also various web sites that explain maqams and some
provide audio examples such as :
-@itemize @bullet
-@item
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
@uref{http://www.maqamworld.com/}
-@item
+@item
@uref{http://www.turath.org/}
-@end itemize
+@end itemize
-There are some variations in the details of how maqams are grouped,
-despite agreement on the criteria of grouping maqams that are
-related through common lower tetra chords, or through modulation.
+There are some variations in the details of how maqams are grouped,
+despite agreement on the criteria of grouping maqams that are
+related through common lower tetra chords, or through modulation.
-@item
-There is not a complete consistency, sometimes even in the same
-text on how key signatures for particular maqams should be
-specified. It is common, however, to use a key signature per
-group, rather than a different key signature for each different
+@item
+There is not a complete consistency, sometimes even in the same
+text on how key signatures for particular maqams should be
+specified. It is common, however, to use a key signature per
+group, rather than a different key signature for each different
maqam.
-
-Oud methods by the following authors, contain examples of
-mainly Turkish and Arabic compositions.
+
+Oud methods by the following authors, contain examples of
+mainly Turkish and Arabic compositions.
@itemize @bullet
-@item
+@item
Charbel Rouhana
-@item
+@item
George Farah
-@item
+@item
Ibrahim Ali Darwish Al-masri
@end itemize
@end enumerate
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