Persia Part 2
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Tombak: a hand drum
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Surna: an oboe
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Ud: a lute
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Rebab : a stringed instrument, like a viol
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qanun: a psaltry
Bellwork: Define Terms
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Scholars Will:
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Grammar: Learn basic facts about Persian
Music
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Logic: Begin creating Persian rug
Outcomes
Tombak
Played on the side
Surna
Ud
Rebab
Quanun
Dastgah
Gusheh
Islamic Architecture
Aerial view of the Great Mosque (looking
southwest), Isfahan, Iran, eleventh to seventeenth
centuries.
Winter prayer hall of the Shahi (Imam)
Mosque, Isfahan, Iran, 1611-1638.
“Everything, whether made for common or
ceremonial use, is lavishly enlivened with
ornament.. Such enrichment is no mere
space-saving artifice for masking bare
forms, but an essential part of fine
craftsmanship, without which a work is
incomplete.”
Islamic Artistry:
In your own words
Interior wall
elevation
showing
elaborate
polychrome
tile.
Islamic Tilework
Mihrab from the Madrasa Imami,
Isfahan, Iran, ca. 1354. Glazed
mosaic tilework, 11' 3" X 7' 6".
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York.
Golden Age of Islamic
Tilework: 16th and 17th Centuries
‘Cuerda seca' (Dry Cord)
introduced in Umayyad Spain
during the 10th century which
uses colored glazes separated by
outlines made of a greasy
substance which burns away
after firing
Ottomans introduces
polychrome tiles, polychrome
panels made of square or
rectangular tiles
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In India the music was very influenced by Islam, except, instead of
dastgahs, Indians used ragas.
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Like the Indian raga, certain Persian dastgah are associated with
the seasons, time of day, towns and musicians.
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Instead of eight notes, the Persian scale is divided into 22
microtones
Guided Goats
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What instrument begins this piece?
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What Indian drum does this drum sound similar too?
Active Listening #4
Mahur
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The notes of the Persian dastgah Mahur correspond to the
Western major scale.
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In this example the drum is called a zarb.
Just the facts
Listening #4
Mahur
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Mystic poetry provides the inspiration for most art music.
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The theoretical concepts of music were based primarily on
the writings of the Greeks.
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The Mongol historic period cultivated many great works
of art and music.
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An –ology is the study of a science.
Guided Goats
Luxury
Arts
MAQSUD OF
KASHAN, carpet from
the funerary mosque of
Shaykh Safi al-Din,
Ardabil, Iran, 1540.
Knotted pile of wool
and silk, 34' 6" X 17' 7".
Victoria and Albert
Museum, London.
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Learn about how to knot and trim properly
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Finish attaching your design
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Choose your colors
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Pick up a pair of scissors
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Begin!
CFU: Persian Rug:
How to knot and beginning
your rug.