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Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies

Egyptian Rhythm: The Heavenly Melodies, by Moustafa Gadalla
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by Moustafa Gadalla
240 pages, paperback, 5.5" x 8.5"
ISBN-13: 978-1-931446-02-0
ISBN-10: 1-931446-02-4
e-Book ISBN-13: 1-931446-14-3
e-Book ISBN-10: 1-931446-14-8


Includes:
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • Glossary
  • Fully illustrated
Publisher: Tehuti Research Foundation

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Discover the cosmic roots of Egyptian musical, vocal, and dancing rhythmic forms. Learn the fundamentals (theory and practice) of music in the typical Egyptian way: simple, coherent, and comprehensive. Review a detailed description of the major Egyptian musical instruments, playing techniques, functions, etc. Discover the Egyptian rhythmic practices in all aspects of their lives. This book will make your heart sing.

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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



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