Samai Baghdad-سماعي بغداد -Maqam Kurd

Samai Baghdad (1116 Kb - Format mp3)
Ahmed Mukhtar - Source: The Road to Baghdad
This piece tells about ancient Baghdad duting the Ottman period(1299-1923 AD), the time of the classical form and music. The composition is based on Maqam Kurd (D,Eb,F,G,A ,Bb ,C ,D) and there are many modulation to other maqams. The rhythm Sama'ai thaqil (10/8) is very old and comes from the Abbasid period ( 750-1258 AD). It actually represents one of the very important periods in the history of Baghdad. Usually the introduction- four bars in 10/8 rhythm - should be composed, but in this instance Mukhtarleft the player to improvise these four bars, to allow him to be part of the composition. it iscustomary that every movement should contain one maqam, but in this piece two maqam are played in every movement. The composer created a special rhythm for the fourth movement and called it ''Mukhtar rhythm''

Category:

Music

Tags:

• oud
• ud
• arabic
• عراقي
• maqam
• أحمد
• مختار
• mukhtar
• iraq
• Baghdad
• عود

[silentfighter2]

how do you people manage to read that? i mean, it is written so small!! does every smallest sign mean something special? If yes: respect!!

Great culture, you were the first guys to make laws, the first to buyld cityes.

Verry sad there is war, i wish you guys to live in peace!!!

Multicultural and peacul world 4 ever!!

[TheFuckingBanshee]

It would be more accurate to say the same in reverse. The middle eastern maqam have existed long before modern conceptions of transposable church modes.

[veredhb]

يا عيني على الايقاع المختاري

[mowsiqi]

هل هذا السماعي من تأليف احمد مختار؟

وشكرا

[yasoda10]

Original!!! salam from al-andalus!!

[iraqchatt1]

ابداع في فن العزف على العود انشاء الله ترجع للعراق وتعزف لنا في بغداد

[vahanabreath]

Beatiful

[Miran1946]

fantastica,,,

[zero3697]

If i were a very eurocentric scholar analyzing this, would i say it was based off of the D phrgian mode?

[crimsonigloo]

that hit the spot...ace

[gilgamish2020]

بديع