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15 - Samaee Nahawand
Learn to play Samaee Nahawand by the Jordanian musician Amer Madi
Tareq:
Hello my name is Tareq Al Jundi from izif.com. Today in lesson number 15 we will learn Samaee Nahawand for the late Jordanian composer Amer Madi.
Let us look at the Samaee we have in hand, as I told you, the first verse and chorus will be on Nahawand scale, because they are the first parts that instill the original scale.
In the second verse there is no scale index as you can see, no ♭ Si, ♭ Mi, ♭ La, so it is on Ajam scale. The third verse, the second scale is on Ajam Do. The third verse is on a scale called Al Nakreez. You will notice that La is now ♮ , Nakreez scale is Do Re ♭ Mi, # Fa, Sol, ♮ La, ♭ Si, Do. *Play* it sounds like Hijaz but based on Do *Play* as if it emphasizes only when you play this*Play*
The fourth verse is on a scale called Noah Athar, which we learned in the third course. Remember that Noah Athar is like Nhawand scale, but the fourth and seventh note are raised, Do Re ♭ Mi # Fa Sol ♭ La ♮ Si Do *Play* it is on a 7/8 tempo, but this 7/8 tempo is different from the doltoran that we learned, the is opposite the scale and is called Dor Hindi, I will talk about it in a bit.
Let us look at the first verse and try to read it Do Re Fa Mi Re Fa Mi Re Mi Re rest Mi Re Mi Do Re Mi Re Do Si Do La , La is ♮, Fa Mi Fa Sol Fa La Sol Si La Sol Fa Mi Re Do Re Mi Re Mi Do Fa Fa Re Mi Re Do rest. In the end I did Fa Fa Re Mi Re Do rest rest or Do rest, both work and I extend the Do a bit, but 1Do and what follows have the period of 3.
Let us start playing the first verse, 1 2 3 *Play* this little ornament in the last bar which is before the third note, we have Fa in small font, it is originally Fa Re Mi Re Do with no ornament, now with ornament Fa Re Mi , we steal it from the period of the following Mi, Fa Re Mi Re Do, with one pick strike Fa Re Mi *Play* we can play this exercise *Play*
Now look at the chorus. The chorus as we have here is Sol Fa Sol Fa Mi Si Si La Do Si La Si La Sol Fa Mi Fa Re Mi Re Do La La Sol Si La Sol Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do Si Do ♮ La Sol La Si La Sol Fa Mi Re Mi Fa Sol ♭ La Sol Fa Mi Fa Fa Re Mi Re Do rest. Let us try to play the chorus 1 2 3 Sol *Play* at this stage you can put the pick direction above each note, I only write the pick over the note that can be a bit confusing, but you can put it everywhere and I think you should put them before playing, and start reading with me before playing.
If we look at the first verse and chorus, we notice that the composer like to mix between ♭ La and ♮ La, from the second bar in the first verse *Play* ♮ La. Why is that? Because the Nahawand scale that we know *Play* has the seventh notes raised, we have the Nahawand scale with the sixth and seventh note raise *Play* ♮ La , Si Do , this is called Melodic Minor and in Arabic it is called Subbi. It was widely used in Takseem, especially by Muneer Basher, for example when he played *Play* it is a mix of Nahwand genre with Ajam genre, kind of bittersweet, a bit of happiness and sadness in the same scale.
Let us look at the second verse, we have no transition notations in the second verse. It is Ajam, we have 3 ♮s only to undo the ♭ Si, ♭ Mi and ♭ La. Let us try to read it 1 2 3 Mi Fa Sol La Sol La Do La Sol La Sol Fa Mi Re Mi, Re is # which is the same as ♭ Mi, then Re Fa Fa La Sol Si Re Si Sol half position, La Sol Si Re Si Re Mi Re Do Si La La Sol Fa Sol Mi Mi Re Mi Fa Sol La Sol La Si Do Si La Sol Fa Mi Re Do . let us try to play it 1 2 3 *Play* do not forget that trioli is down up down down up down *Play* Mi Re *Play* 2 *Play* and notice that I played it in half position.
I will try to play the first verse, chorus and second verse 1 2 3 *Play* back to chorus *Play* this way we explained the first verse, chorus and second verse. I will record it for you to listen to it fully so that in the next lesson we will learn the third verse and talk about the fourth verse and the and the odd scale that we will learn which is Dor Hindi.
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