Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies - Moustafa Gadalla
di Moustafa Gadalla
- Anno Edizione:
- 2002
- Casa Editrice:
- Tehuti Research Foundation
- Argomento:
- Egittologia e storia dell'Antico Egitto
- ISBN:
- 1-931446-02-4
Descrizione:
Sample Highlights:
The nine Muses and the musical significance of the number 9, as well as 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8.
The intimate relationship between the Egyptian calendar, music, and festivities.
How Plato adopted the Egyptian musical system in his Ideal Republic.
The incredible types, varieties, ranges, and playing techniques of Ancient Egyptian instruments.
The role of music and dance in daily activities such as agriculture, fishing, etc.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents 5
Preface 10
Standards and Terminology 13
Map of Egypt and Surrounding Countries 15
Map of Ancient Egypt 16
I. The Harmony of the Spheres
1. Cosmic Consciousness
Eye on the Sky
Harmony of the Spheres 19
2. Music All the Time (24 hours, 7 days) 24
3. Energizing the Diatonic Week
The Natural Musical Scale
The Two Energy Centers
The Egyptian Dorian Scale
Sabt, The Leader of the Band 30
II. The Harmonic Laws
4. The Egyptian Roots of Harmonic Laws
Egypt’s Ideal Laws and Plato
The Egyptian Dor-ians 39
5. Ma-at, The Law of Balance 44
6. Tehuti (Thoth, Hermes), The Divine Sound
Orderly Sounds
Language and/of Music
Tehuti, The Master of Eight (Octave) 46
7. The Musical Model
The Rhythms of the Three Seasons
The Unforgettable: Epact 51
8. The Musical Dynamo (Auset/Isis and Ausar/Osiris)
Panta (All) is a Derivative of Pente (Five)
Progression of the Harmonic Marriage
- (Counting by Fives) 55
III. Musical Formulations
9. The Musical Measuring Unit
The Egyptian Musical Epact
The Egyptian Musical Measuring Units
The Comma, Buk-nunu, and the Siamese Twins
The Comma and the Musical Instruments 65
10. The Musical Framework Varieties
The Overall Tone System
The 17-Tone (Ausar) Cyclic Framework
The 22-Tone (Het-Heru) Divisive Framework 71
11. Musical Structure and Forms
Moods and Modes (Ethos)
Design Characteristics of Modes
The Written Sounds 77
12. The Musical Performance
The Harmonic Merit Hand
The Rhythmic Timing
Musical Instruments 86
IIII. Musical Instruments
13. The Wealth of Instruments
The Egyptian Instruments
General Characteristics of E. Instruments
The Musical Orchestra 97
14. Stringed Instruments
General
Lyres
Tri-gonon / Tri-Ka-Nun (Zither)
Harps
General
Harp Playing Techniques
The All-Encompassing Capacities of
Ancient Egyptian Harps
Tanboura (String Instruments with Neck)
General
Two-Strings
Three-Strings
Four-Strings
Short-Neck Lute
The Egyptian Guitars
A Few Examples of Tanboura Variety
Bowed Instruments [Violin, Kamanga, Rababa] 103
15. Wind Instruments
General
The Magic Nay (End-Blown Flute)
Transverse Flute
Pan Flute
Single Reed Pipe (Clarinet)
Double Pipe
a. Double Clarinet
b. Double Oboe
c. Arghool
d. Others (Bagpipe and Organ)
The Twin Horns/Trumpets 125
16. Percussion Instruments
Membrano-Phone Instruments
a. Drums
b. The Tambourine
Non-Membrano-Phone (Idiophone) Instruments
a. Percussion Sticks
b. Clappers
c. Sistrums/Sistra
d. Cymbals
e. Castanets
f. Bells (Chimes)
g. Xylophone and Glockenspiel
Human Parts (hands, fingers, thighs, feet, etc) 141
IIIII. Maintaining the Heavenly Rhythms
17. The Universal Harmony
The Universal Musical Balance
The Theme of Balanced Polarity
The Dor-ian Musical Suites 155
18. The Vocal Powers
Generating Sounds
Vocal Music Themes 160
19. Rhythmic Dancing
The Lord of the [Song and] Dance
Dancing Types
Dancing Formations 165
20. The Harmonic Practices
Musicians in Anc. (and Present-Day) Egypt
The Temple Musical Activities
The Annual Musical Pilgrimage
Public Activities 172
21. The Harmonic Sound Man
The Earthly Voyage
Death and Resurrection 181
22. And the Beat Goes On 186
Appendices
A. Western Musical Tampering (Not Tempering) 191
B. The Noise Makers 193
C. The Pan-Grecian Conceit 198
D. Pre-Islam Asiatic Neighbors 204
E. The Post-Islam Arabized/Islamized World 209
Appendices
Glossary 212
Selected Bibliography 216
Sources and Notes 219
Index 227
About T.R.F. Books 237
Ordering Information 240