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Peretz, Jeff: Middle East

Sheet music and CD

Setting: Guitar
Series: The Guitar Atlas
Genre: Pedagogical performance pieces
Grade: 2
Length: 48 pages
Published: 2004
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Item number: F.22711
Other reference: 22711
ISMN: 9780739035993
The Guitar Atlas series is your passport to a new world of music. Learn the characteristic rhythms and techniques of some of the world's most remarkable guitar music, and discover the history, origins, and pioneering artists of distinctive styles from around the globe.

This introduction to the exotic music of Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Morocco, Nubia, and neighboring regions covers the music's cultural and religious influences and the major artists of each style. Discover unique plucked instruments, the Arabic tone system, and exotic scales. Open your mind to new forms of improvisation that will forever alter your approach to soloing. The examples and compositions throughout all 48 pages are presented in standard notation and TAB and demonstrated on an enclosed CD.

Contents: Introduction, The Maqam Phenomena, Wasn Rhythm, Musical Forms And Styles, Modern Middle Eastern Styles, Middle Eastern Tonal Systems

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