I would be greatly obliged if you point out any mistakes I might have committed while digitizing this score, or share with me any notes and comments
regarding this score.
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Arabic music in general.Jody Stecher - 9-22-2021 at 05:29 PM
My main references for this lovely samai are two recordings, one by Sami Al Shawwa and one by some musicians from Aleppo. There are differences
between them and differences between the recordings and Brian Prunka's notation as well. Your transcription has some things not found in any of these
sources. Some of it may be simply a matter of interpretation or expression. In the first khana in measure 4 I think CBCA should be CBBA. I see
other discepencies but I'll leave it at that and let others more knowledgeable than I am comment on the rest.
Jody Stecher - 9-22-2021 at 06:44 PM
I've heard the first few notes of this samai timed in different ways but the second note in the first measure of the first khana has always been Eb
rather than D, at least in the versions I've heard.Brian Prunka - 9-24-2021 at 06:16 AM
There are a number of variations in the way this is played, and what you have in m.4 that Jody mentions is a less common but still viable variation.
I'd have to go through the transcription in more detail to check all the notes, but what I notice at first glance is the following:
The key signature has the notes in the wrong order. It should be, left to right, Bb Eb Ab, not Ab Eb Bb. Also the spacing withing the key signature
should be more even.
The first measure in a system should not have a left barline between the key signature and the music.
m.15 the beats don't add up to 10, I think the last note should be a dotted quarter, not a dotted eighth.
m.18 the beats don't add up to 10, something is wrong in beats 1-2 with your rhythmic values.
There shouldn't be an extra bar line between the backwards repeat and the next measure (first and second ending of m. 18)
naf - 9-24-2021 at 08:01 AM
Thank you all for your notes and corrections.
I adjusted the typo mistakes and formatting issues pointed by Brian, and I will need to find a clear recording of this piece and spectrum-analyze it,
to check the remarks of Jody.Jody Stecher - 9-24-2021 at 09:07 AM
Thank you all for your notes and corrections.
I adjusted the typo mistakes and formatting issues pointed by Brian, and I will need to find a clear recording of this piece and spectrum-analyze it,
to check the remarks of Jody.
