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13.1 - Mandira Hijaz
Learn to play a new tempo 7/8 and learn to play Mandira Hijaz
Tareq:
Hello my name is Tare Al Jundi from izif.com. today in lesson number 13 we will learn something new which is the Turkish 7/8 scale called Doltoran, and we have an application on this scale which is Mandira Hijaz, which is a dance on Hijaz scale.
We are used to reading scales with even numerators, 2/4 , 4/4, 6/8, we also read 10/8 which was a composite and large scale but with a slow tempo. This 7/8 scale is a fast and rickety scale, I will show it to you with a quick tempo and then I will try to play it slowly *Play*, those are the first 3 bars . if we want to play slower, it has a denominator of 8, which means that the first beat or first note will be consist of 2 beats , for example 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 down down down up down. This is the form of the pick that we should practice before entering the piece, then play faster. It will become *Play* Dum Dum Ta Ta Ta Dum Dum Ta Ta Ta Dum Dum Ta Ta Ta Dum Dum Ta Ta Ta Dum Dum Ta Ta Ta Dum Dum *Play* Down Down Down Up Down Down Down up Down *Play*
This scale can initially be practiced using a scale like Hijaz *Play* I will mess up the pick at first, but let us continue, maybe a bit slower *Play* as you can see we have 2 groups, the first group has Ta Ta which consists of 4 beats, then we have 3 beats Ta Ta Ta, so it is basically 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3. This is the overall view of the piece.
Let us start with the second line which is the Signo, I will try to read it slowly, it is Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta, this is the first bar, and the picks are written. Always when I have 2 groups, this group in the beginning , each beat must be down. As we know the quadrupletsis down up down up, and the triplet is down up down, in regards to various groups. Let us take a look Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta , we can read it another way, like this Ta Ta Ta 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 . whichever way we read it works, either 1 2 3 4 1 2 3, or 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 , and in this phase it is very important to try clapping and listening to the piece, 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 , let us try clapping for example the first line which is Signo 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 , like this.
Let us try playing it again Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Sol Fa Mi Fa Mi Re Do Re Re Re Re Re . what is difficult here in those scales are the picks, if the picks were incorrect, and if you haven’t studied and understood the rhythmic pick from the first, second and third course, you will not be able to apply it because you will not be able to deduce the concept of the picks application.
Now we try to understand the value of the rules we studied in the first three courses.
Let us look at the next line Re Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Fa Sol La , this La is 3 beats, I will read those 2 bars as well Re Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Fa Sol La Re Sol Fa Mi Re Do Sol Fa La Sol . as you can see the picks are written.
The first bar is Re Sol Fa Down Up Mi Re Mi Fa Sol La *Play* then Re Sol Fa Mi Re Do Sol Fa La Sol . let us try to connect this line together like 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3. And repeat the same. Next 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 , this is the base of the scale 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3, but first , in the first bar of the piece, it is detailed 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 .
I will try to play it continuously from the top *Play* this is the part where we will understand the 7/8 scale, and now we will continue the rest.
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