Maqam Lesson 02: Jins Hijaz دروس في المقام - جنس حجاز

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[@mittridgebibimix7809]

Such a great and deep way of teaching maqams! Your approach admires me. Thanks a lot!

[@fihrilkamal7296]

I find your videos go very i depth with maqamat, I learn a lot of things I couldn't find in other place, thank you very much. 🙏🙏

[@starrybenchstudios]

Thank you for your work! I’m buying the book next week, God-willing

[@campbell1446]

Hi! Just bought your book from Amazon. Got the kindle version. Thank you for the lessons you post!

[@serosgarcia]

Excelente. Muchas GRACIAS desde Argentina.

[@Oliv3rb]

Sami thank you so much for these videos! I don't have the spare cash for patreon but i've been having a blast playing along on Oud and singing with your maqam lessons! I love your focus on ear training and embodiment -- its the only way!

[@interchill]

I just came across this!!! Thank you soooo much!! ❤❤❤❤

[@MintyRaz]

Would be great to make a quizlet / online or quiz to train one's ears to the tonic & self-test as well where one does not have access to a teacher

[@abushumays]

That's a really great idea actually! Let me get through a few more ajnas and maqamat and I'll work on something like that in a month or two. Thanks for the suggestion

[@nicogetz]

This is fabulous no.matter what instrument you play

[@abushumays]

Thanks so much!

[@nicogetz]

@@abushumays no, no-- thank YOU for these wonderful videos! This makes learning the jins and maqamat accessible to everyone, especially those of us with decent ears, but no idea where to start. Also, the decorations are so important-- the little trills as you pass between tones give a huge amount of the character as well, s big part of what can make these tiny 3-4 note phrases SOUND immediately oriental. I had stumbled on maqamworld before but was a little overwhelmed. Perhaps ill need your book as well.

[@t.h.9405]

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[@alicianurho6648]

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[@dionysis_]

Amazing teaching 🙏

[@fabriziopiepoli]

love your work 💙 I'm reading your book Inside Arabic Music and suggested it to many musicians friends and to my students

[@abushumays]

Thank you!

[@tonyawren9833]

Can you give links to the specific songs you mention in the video? I speak only a little Arabic and don't know exactly what you're saying or what to google to find those songs.

[@DrLogical987]

Sneaky, saving which root you're playing on till the end. All very well for Ud or violin players; but I'm learning Ney and was trying to work out which length to use to match you. Luckily, I had one that worked! Many thanks for the brilliant material.. it may take years to finish this chapter of the book; but worth it.

[@abushumays]

The lack of discussion of what note I'm playing on is aimed to force instrumentalists to sing. It's absolutely essential to sing this melodic vocabulary for anyone who wants to play any instrument, the singing gets you to embody the intonation more clearly and to make the act of imitation more immediate and less technical.

[@DrLogical987]

@@abushumays Yes, absolutely. I "sing" the exercises, then play. Essential to get the Ney into tune as well. It's just that the Ney is not very chromatic...

[@مريمالعربي-ن5خ]

شكرا أستاذ سامي على إعطاء هذه الدروس المفصلة. أظن أنه من المفيد للقناة لو عملت مقاطع تقدم فيها تحليلا مقاميا لبعض الأغاني الخالدة في التراث الموسيقي العربي مثل أغنية (الأطلال) لأم كلثوم أو أغنية (رسالة من تحت الماء) لعبد الحليم حافظ.

[@abushumays]

I'll analyze Al-Atlal and Risala min taht il-ma' in future lessons. Al-Atlal is in Maqam Sikah/Huzam which I will do soon, and the other is in Ajam.

[@Manu-wp1ne]

thank!!! so much!!

[@NoirDesir8]

I've recently bought your book on amazon. Looking forward to receive it

[@solid_amouri307]

Amazing thank you so much

[@abushumays]

Thank you!

[@neonray2932]

Mashallah i'am your student ya Habeeby

[@johnrothfield6126]

Apparently the closely ralated Raga was also called Hijaz in Northern India but was renamed Basant Mukhari by Bhatkande (a Hindu).

[@abushumays]

Very interesting do you have a source for that? We're making edits and collecting tidbits for a possible second edition of Inside Arabic Music a few years down the line, and I'd love to include that detail since we already mention a few Raga names as points of reference for some of the maqam scales

[@johnrothfield6126]

I can't cite a source, but the internet seems to agree with me.

[@giovanniluisbarrantesl9563]

Thank you for the lesson! I am a violinist and I have an american violin and I would like to know if I have to buy a new violin and new strings to sound like arabic?

[@abushumays]

Hi Giovanni, I use an ordinary violin. I use steel strings, but any strings will work. I tune my instrument G - D - G - C, but most Arabic violinists tune G - D - G - D

[@gezzabell9676]

Hi, new to violin, just over a year in with Irish music, but these rythyms are amazing, what way is the violin tuned? Thank you sir. (Dublin Ireland)

[@abushumays]

I tune G - D - G - C but most players of Arabic violin tune G - D - G - D

[@abushumays]

Also if you're playing Irish Fiddle you might like to learn one of our tunes, I just posted this new video (in the same Maqam on the same key as the one we're commenting on): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fp_KgnSXZ5hngJI

[@gezzabell9676]

@@abushumays I'm grateful, thank you very much, it's beautiful music.

[@coralnegro3702]

How to reach that kind of "vibrato" ?

[@hayaal-hejailan4310]

🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@sch8211]

Hi Sami, this is amazingly helpful. Would you recommend memorising these exercises? Do you provide notations for them as well anywhere?

[@abushumays]

Memorize the phrases, or repeat them enough times that they become second nature. I definitely recommend repeating the whole video multiple times, so that the vocabulary deepens. I also recommend avoiding any notation whatsover. The point is to learn by ear and internalize not only the melodies themselves, but the subtle details of melodic rhythm, ornamentation, feel, and intonation that cannot be fully captured in notation.

[@sch8211]

@@abushumays Thank you Sami, this is really helpful

[@El_Funky_Habibi]

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[@maziargolshannejad3520]

Can you send a link to your book?

[@abushumays]

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[@rkrayhaan62]

Hello sir .sir how violin tuning

[@abushumays]

I tune G - D - G - C but many arab violinists tune G - D - G - D.

[@rkrayhaan62]

@@abushumays thankyou I love Arab violinist ❤

[@lukesayballs]

Thank you so much for making this! I’m getting my first oud in a month, and I listen to these lessons an hour every day to prepare.

[@abushumays]

Thanks so much & good luck with the oud!