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21 Sessions
Ney
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Dialogue Text
Mr. Rida Bdeer starts the course with introducing the Ney, talking about the history of the instrument and its parts.
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Welcome, I am Rida Bdeer, the Egyptian Nay player from i3zif.com. Today we will give a simple description of the Nay instrument, it is made from a plant called “Ghab”, it is a plant that grows on river banks and around wells in the desert, other kinds grow in clay soil, and some in sandy soil, this kind has a dry sound to it, the one in clay soil has a softer sound. This instrument is originally Pharaonic, almost 7000 years old, basically known to human kind from the beginning of time. First it was the percussion instruments, where you hit objects against stone for example, and Nay was right after those instruments. This instrument has 7 holes, 6 in the front, and 1 in the back. It has the “Khazna”, 8 partitions and 9 segments, can’t be more or less. There are also percentages of the sizes of each segment, if it is more or less, then the instrument will be defective. Some people may ask , how does the Nay look like on the inside? Check out how I split the Nay in half, here it is. I split it this way so people or students can see it on the inside. This is what it looks like on the inside, here this is grooved all the way through, and the Khazna we mentioned is almost 4mm, a small groove not larger than 4 mm. the rest of the Nay is grooved all the way through the diameter. This is the outside of the Nay, and this is the inside, which is what is important to us. here.
As we said, it is a very simple instrument to make and fit for all ages. I personally started playing the Nay when I was 9 years old. So any student can start at 9 years old.
About Teacher
Reda Bedair
Reda Bedair was born in Alexandria, 1951 AD. At this time, he learned at the hands of senior masters, one of them was the Turkish Professor Milad Mansour, the zither player. Reda learned the Arabic strophic poems (Muwasshahat) and the music keys (Maqamat) and was taught by the Italian master Costa Menolli, the pianist, to enhance reading the musical note until he joined the Arab Music Institute in Alexandria to polish his talent and begin the right way. He learned the Oriental keys and the rhythmical meters at the Institute and learned the rules of reading the musical note that he had been taught before by the Masters. Beside his study at the Arab Music Institute, He studied outside the Institute with other professors as there was no study of the “Nay” instrument at the Institute. At the age of twelve, his artistic talent was adopted by one of the Revolution’s men, Mr. Hussein El-Shafeei, Deputy of the late President Gamal Abdel-Nasser. At this young age, Reda started working with several bands in Alexandria city among them was the Radio (broadcasting) band. His name started shining in the sky of Alexandria city… he become the most famous “Nay” player in Alexandria. The Egyptian Ministry of Culture honored him in the attendance of President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak, in the inauguration of the New Nubia Museum in Aswan. Mr. President asked him about his distinct artistic work of the Pharaonic “Nay”, which acquired a worldwide reputation and has been broadcast on stations of all countries of the world.