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Links for Music 1040    Feb. 7, 2008

Task 1 . Test your knowledge of the geography of the Arab world map. Drag each country name to the appropriate space.

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html

Task 2.

Read the literature on Arab world at

http://www.hejleh.com/countries/index.html

 

Task 3a . Arabic Musical Instruments

Read about some of the musical instruments of Arabia , listen to how each sounds.  

http://www.classicalarabicmusic.com/instruments.htm

 

Task 3b . Arabic Musical Instruments

http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/ensembles/worldmusic/neareast/Instrum.htm

 

Task 4. Using any of the criteria suggested below, classify each different instrument in Task (3a) and (3b) above: (Click OK on the first site).

 

http://museevirtuel.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Images/Classement/classement_shockwave_en.swf

 

Brief History of Musical Instrument Classification Systems

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Instruments/Anglais/classement_en.html

 

Task 5. Contemporary and Pop culture

Do a search on world music of any Arabic nation at the National Geographic. You may for example use the following sites and more. Listen to several tracks then Select one track and analyze it in terms of what you hear and any characteristics discussed in chapter 3 of the text book as well as any points of interest we have discussed in class.

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/genre/content.genre/arab_classical_689

 

 

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/lebanon_26?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com

 

 

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/country/content.country/syria_509?fs=www3.nationalgeographic.com&fs=plasma.nationalgeographic.com

 

 

http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/bedouism_5322

 


Updated February 6, 2008 . Please send comments to Fran Zedney fzedney at weber.edu
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