![]() ![]() The merge of traditional Arabic and classical Western music does not create only 'one' new acoustic colour. The microtonal system offers a broad spectrum from which to draw. Since the beginning of the 20th century, a large number of composers have been grappling with the question of an alternative tone system for their innovative works. These diverse tonal possibilities and modes of expression lead to a great richness of tonal patterns, which open new horizons for classical Western music. Different intervals are used to express various feelings. Another main characteristic of Arab music is a high share of improvisation: Arab musicians have developed high skills to perform freely different kinds of sound techniques and maqamat modulating creatively between them. The microtonal interval is the tonal basis for the so-called maqamat, which is a concept from Arabic music theory. ![]() It is known for its richness and variety of tone intervals that differ from Western twelve-tone. Arab music follows a microtonal system: a tonal system, which has specific intervals smaller than a semitone. Traditional Arab music and classical Western music are entangled in different philosophies, aesthetics, and – most strikingly – tonalities. Microtonal music – exploring the richness of ‘in between’ With this project, we try to connect the shared heritage of microtonal music in Europe and the Arab countries. As a result, five innovative pieces of contemporary music compositions have been recorded. Musicologist Rami Chahin gathered a diverse ensemble of composers and musicians from Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Palestine, Poland, and Syria who ventured a contemporary interpretation of traditional Arab maqamat. Mohammed Alkatan are immersed into this soundscape to further explore this exceptional interaction.įive pieces of contemporary music are waiting for curious ears to listen What happens when the Arab string instrument Qanun and the Arab flute Ney meet traditional Western bowed string instruments like the violin, the viola, and the violoncello? Their interplay creates a new and exceptional world of sound. S.Tandem Project Avant-Garde Arab Music: New Compositions I Music Workshop & Recordings Webern, Sechs Bagatellen für Streichquartett, op. Much of this is still done by hand and eye and brain because although computer systems do exist to help the process along they don’t provide what has become known as the composing continuum.Ī. As such it requires extensive mental resources and experience from the composer. Composing has become such a multi-faceted process and takes ideas about structure and content from many disciplines: mathematics, astronomy, literature, the visual arts. Some sequencers and score writers provide basic algorithms, but they do not represent the way composers now think about the process of music composition. As a linear script rather than a graphic stave, musical events can be transformed, extended, reorganised by powerful computer algorithms. ![]() It’s not about sounds themselves, it is about their control and organisation in a musical composition. OMN is designed as a scripting language for musical events. New kinds of musical structures and ideas ![]() Coding opens up a wealth of possibilities for exploring ![]()
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