Course Name: Survey of Middle Eastern Music -PFA 212-Section 35
Class Time and Location T/R 8:00 – 9:15 am
INSTRUCTOR Fadi Kallab
Course Coordinator Dr. Amr Selim
Course Co-coordinator -
Credits Hours: 3
Semester: Fall 2020
INSTRUCTOR
Name: Fadi Kallab
Email: fadikallab@[Link]
Office Hours: Tuesday 9h30 – 11h00 am / Thursday 9h30 – 11h00 am. During the online learning period, if
you have any questions that require face-to-face interaction just email me to agree on a Zoom meeting.
CURRENT CATALOG DESCRIPTION
Survey of the historical sources and development of the underlying principles, forms, modes and rhythms of Middle East
music. CDs and tapes, and, when possible, live vocal orinstrumental performances illustrate important styles, modes, and
instrumentation. Music is studied inthe context of general Middle Easternculture.
None
COURSE TYPE
ELECTIVE
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of this course students should be able to:
CLO1: understand the basics of music notation and the concept of rhythm.
CLO2: differentiate the diverse forms and elements of Middle Eastern music i.e. Arabic modes (maqam),
rhythms (iqa’) and forms (i.e. Longa, Samaie)
CLO 3: identify different Middle Eastern musical instruments.
CLO 4: understand the relationship between the Arab political scene and the Arabic Music.
CLO 5: recognize distinctive/select Middle Eastern
composers.
CLO 6: identify all form parts of a selected Middle Eastern
work(s).
Active learning techniques:
- Deep Listening: Develop music listening skills
- Group Rhythm performances: Read and Perform
- Demonstration, Debates and Discussion
- Peer Review
- Case Studies
TEXTBOOK
No textbook required for this course. All articles and book chapters will be available through LAU Library, or uploaded to
blackboard by the instructor.
TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE
- Historical background
o Middle Eastern Music until the 1932 Conference of Arabic Music
- Introduction to music notation and rhythm
o Music Staff
o Clefs (at least treble clef)
o Half-tone and Whole-tone intervals
o Major Scales
o Accidentals and Ledger Lines
o Time concept
• Time Signature
• Tempo
• Rhythm
• Rest
- Characteristics of Middle Eastern music
o Modes
• Maqam
• Quarter Tone
• Ajnas
• At least the following maqams: Rast, Nahawand, Hijaz, Kurd, Bayati and Saba
• How to properly notate each of them
• The characteristic of each maqam
o Rhythms
• Iqa’
• At least the following iqa’: Ayyub, Samaie Ta’er, Maqsum, Masmudi Saghir and
Samaie Thaqil
o Instruments
• At least the following instruments: Oud, Qanun, Ney, Kaman, Tabla and Riq
o Forms
• At least the following forms: Samaie and Longa
• How to locate Khana and Taslim
• The characteristic of each
• Improvisatory introduction
- Artists and Composers (Suggested student research)
o EGYPT
• Sayed Darwish
• Umm Kulthum
• Mohammad Abdel Wahab
• Abdel Halim Hafez
• Baligh Hamdy
• Sayyed Alnaqshabandi
o LEBANON
• Zaki Nassif
• Wadih Al Safi
• Rahbani Brothers
• Fayrouz
• Sabah
• Ziad Al Rahbani
Class Schedule
WEEK Lecture / activity
WEEKS 1 Historical Background
WEEKS 2-3 Introduction to Music Notation
WEEK 4-5 Maqam
WEEK 6 Iqa’
Week 7 Instruments
Weeks 8 - 9 Forms
Weeks 10- 11 Egypt
Week 12-13 Lebanon
Week 14 Review
TEACHING/LEARNING METHOD
- Lectures, presentations, video and audio examples.
- In-class work: group discussion, quizzes and midterm, and student presentation.
- Writing assignments on selected topics, attending a live performance (an online performance, if necessary)
and writing a concert report.
REFERENCES
Suggested Books
- Making music in the Arab world: the culture and artistry of tarab / A.J. Racy, Cambridge University Press, c2003
- The voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthum, Arabic song, and Egyptian society in the twentieth century / Virginia
Danielson, University of Chicago Press, c1997
- Muhammad 'Abd al-Wahhab in Modern Egyptian Music, Azzam, Nabil Salim. Ph.D. dissertation. Ann
Arbor, Michigan: UMI Dissertation Information Service, 1990.
Articles
- Intervention and reform of Arab music in 1932 and beyond by Anne Elise Thomas
- Aural Analysis of Arabic Improvised Instrumental Music (Taqsim) by Mondher Ayari and Stephen
McAdams
- Contemporary Egyptian Music Compositions Between Inheritance and Delineation by Nahla Mattar
- Music and Arab Spring by MiddleEast Studies Center
NOTE: All other articles will be provided by the instructor.
COURSE GRADING AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA
Assignments and Quizzes 30 %
End-of-semester reflection journal 10 %
Midterm project 20 %
Concert Report (s) 20 %
Final project 20 %
STUDENT CODE OF CONDUCT - ACADEMIC VIOLATIONS
The following table defines the sanction(s) associated with each violation. In some cases and when the violation is too general, a
range of sanctions is set for the pertinent committee to choose from depending on the specifics of each case. As for the second
offense, the set sanctions apply regardless whether the violation has taken place in the same course or a different one, within the
same semester or not.
Code # Violation First Offense Second
Offense
Cheating
2.2.1 Using material or equipment (including mobile zero on the deliverable F on the
phones, electronic tablets, i-pads, calculators, and with a warning course with a
other devices) that is not authorized by the warning
instructor in an examination, project, or graded
assignment
2.2.2 Cheating, copying, collaborating with or aiding zero on the deliverable suspension
another Student in a manner not permitted by the with a warning
instructor on an examination, project, or other
graded assignment
2.2.3 Distributing or aiding in the distribution of previous double warning – suspension –
exams without authorization of the instructor suspension expulsion
2.2.4 Stealing, reproducing, or circulating an examination suspension expulsion
or other graded assignment before it has been
administered
2.2.5 Impersonating another Student or allowing another suspension for both expulsion
Student to impersonate one’s self during an
examination, presentation, or other graded
assignment
2.2.6 Impersonating an assistant, staff member, or faculty suspension –expulsion expulsion
member for the purpose of (a) proctoring
examinations without authorization or permission
or (b) obtaining confidential information regarding
coursework or examinations
2.2.7 Receiving, purchasing or selling a project, paper, or suspension –expulsion expulsion
any academic document and presenting it as work
other than that of the author
2.2.8 Submitting identical papers or coursework for credit zero on the F on the
in more than one class without the permission of the deliverable with a course with a
instructor warning warning
Plagiarism and Copyright Violations
2.2.9 Failing to attribute language or ideas to their original zero on the F on the
source by not crediting the original author with an deliverable with a course with a
appropriate acknowledgement or citation warning warning
2.2.10 Using photocopied or electronic copies of textbooks, warning double
compact disks, films, music, online course materials, warning
and other content beyond the fair use policy within
University Premises
2.2.11 Using copyrighted materials, including in written warning double
research reports and papers, without obtaining warning
required permission, if any, from the rights holder
Unauthorized Sale, Distribution, or Use of Course Materials
2.2.12 Recording any lecture or presentation for personal warning double
use or public distribution without the prior consent warning
of the course instructor. This applies to the
unauthorized use of any medium including but not
Code # Violation First Offense Second
Offense
limited to mobile phones, electronic tablets, i-pads
recorders, films, and other devices
Selling academic materials by any Student, club, or warning double
2.2.13 group. This includes but is not limited to lectures, warning
course recordings, class notes, and previous exams
Statement on Academic Integrity
Along with the LAU community and the academic community more generally I expect all students to adhere to fundamental
principles of academic integrity and honesty.
It is only in doing your own work and receiving a response to it that you will learn and grow intellectually. Thus principles of academic
honesty require that you take responsibility for ideas and information presented in your work. To avoid plagiarism (the
unacknowledged borrowing of words or ideas of other authors), keep the following principles in mind.
It is normal for you to consult secondary literature, including the Internet, in preparation for writing; this is a normal and important
step. But any appropriation of someone else’s work or ideas—even if it’s paraphrased—must be openly acknowledged through use
of quotation marks or other indications, and you must use footnotes or endnotes to specify precisely where the information was
obtained. In other words, if you use the exact words of someone else, you must put those words in quotation marks. And if you
adopt someone’s general idea, but not the exact words, you still need to indicate this borrowing in a footnote or endnote.
Remember that even basic information online that does not have an author must still be quoted and cited as someone else’s
words. Bottom line: if you did not write it, you must say where you got it.
While “academic honesty” requires that students acknowledge the work of other authors, “academic integrity” in LAU also requires
that students generate ideas on their own. You are encouraged to seek help with papers for this class at the Writing Center, and you
may discuss projects with your fellow students. But the final product has to be your own. Excessive outside intervention such that
someone else’s words or ideas appear to be your own falls in the category of academic dishonesty.
Your work is also expected to be specific to each particular course. Submission of the same or largely similar paper in different
courses is unacceptable, as is modeling your own paper on that of another student or making your paper accessible to someone else
before submission.
Questions about “academic honesty” or “academic integrity” should be directed to me. Please see me before you submit papers if
you have any questions about the use of someone else’s work or the level of outside help you are receiving. The University Judicial
Committee also issues “Policies and Procedures Concerning Undergraduate Academic Dishonesty.” Students who abuse the
principles of academic honesty and integrity may be punished according to the procedures established by the University.
ALL CASES OF PLAGIARISM OR OTHER ACADEMIC DISHONESTY WILL BE REPORTED TO THE ACADEMIC JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
Students caught cheating on an exam receive a grade of zero on the exam in their first cheating attempt and receive a warning.
Students caught cheating for the second time will receive a grade of “F” in the course and another warning. Plagiarism on
assignments and project work is a serious offense. If plagiarism is detected, a student will be subject to penalty, similar to the
cheating case, which ranges from receiving a zero on the assignment concerned to an “F” in the course in addition to a warning.
Statement on Disabilities
If you have a physical, psychological, medical, or learning disability that may impact on your ability to carry out assigned course work
or perform effectively on timed examinations, I urge you to contact the staff in the Art and Science Department Office. The
department will review your concerns and determine, in consultation with you, what accommodations are necessary and
appropriate. All information and documentation of disability is confidential.
Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and the
department.
Critical Incident Management
The Lebanese American University expects students to respect the rights, privileges, and property of other people. Faculty are
required to report any disruptive behavior that interrupts their ability to teach, compromises the safety of the learning environment,
or inhibits students’ ability to learn.
UNIVERSITY ATTENDANCE POLICY
1. Students are expected to attend all classes.
2. For valid reasons, students may miss classes for a maximum that is equivalent to two regular weeks.
3. When exceeding the maximum number of absences, it is the instructor’s prerogative to ask the concerned student to stop
attending and drop the course. In this case, it is the student’s responsibility to drop the course, otherwise a grade of “F”
or “NP” will be given.
4. In exceptional justified cases (long illness, etc…), where absences exceed the maximum, the student has to petition to the
department Chair to be allowed to stay in the course.
5. Students are held responsible for all the material presented in the classroom, even during their absence.
ADDITIONAL REMARKS
It is your responsibility to make sure we register your attendance; therefore, if you come late please check in with me after class of
every lecture and section you came late.
Missing one third of classes implies that a student should drop the course. (or alternative policy, provided that the number of missed
classes is not less than 2 weeks of classes) Excessive absence will lower your grade
When exceeding the maximum number of absences, it is the instructor’s prerogative to ask the concerned student to stop attending
and drop the course. In this case, it is the student’s responsibility to drop the course; otherwise a grade of "F” or “NP" will be given.
In exceptional justified cases (long illness, etc…), where absences exceed the maximum, the student has to petition to the
department Chair to be allowed to stay in the course.
Very Important: If you miss classes you will lose 10% of your final grade on class participation. 4 classes are equal to two weeks.
Your class participation will be zero. We do a lot of open discussion assignment in class during the semester, if you missed them
you will be losing points. The lowest quiz, HW or assignment grade will be dropped only if you do not miss more than 3 classes.
Deadlines for the assignments must be respected.
Make-ups and Incompletes: Students are not automatically entitled to make-ups; F will be given until reasons in writing are
presented and approved.
No cell phones! Please be sure to turn your phone off during class, otherwise I will ask you to put your phone on my desk and I will
return it at the end of the class.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY - COURSE ONLINE EVALUATIONS
1. A student who withdraws after the Drop/Add period and by the end of the 5th week of classes (10th day of classes for Summer
Modules) will obtain a “WI” on that particular course. The student may process such request directly through the Registrar’s Office.
2. A student who withdraws from a course between the 6th week and the end of the 10th week of Classes (18th day of classes for
Summer Modules) will receive either a “WP” or a “WF”. “WP” or “WF” Will be determined by the instructor based on the achieved
academic performance in that course till the time of withdrawal.
3. The “WI” and the “WP” will not count as a Repeat; whereas the “WF” will count as a Repeat.
4. “WI”, “WP” and “WF” will not count towards the GPA calculation.
WI is equivalent to Early Withdrawal, WP is equivalent to Withdrawal/Pass, WF is equivalent to Withdrawal/Fail
Important dates:
1- Last day for early withdrawal (WI) Oct 5, 2020
2- Last day for withdrawal (WP/WF) Nov 10, 2020
IMPORTANT - It is the student’s responsibility to drop the course.
COURSE ONLINE EVALUATIONS
Completion of the online course evaluations is required. Students will not be able to access their course grades until they have
completedthe course evaluations.
TIPS FOR SUCCESS
• Actively participate in class.
• Don’t wait until the last minute to start your assignments or to study for an exam.
• Keep up with homework and course activities.
Please communicate with me if you have any questions/difficulties/challenges.
IMPORTANT REMARKS
• Deadlines for the assignments must be respected.
• Make-ups and Incomplete: students are not automatically entitled to make-ups; F will be given until reasons (in
writing and within one week of absence) are presented and approved.
• Some of theexam questions will be based on class discussionand assignments.
• Students should take notes on lectures and the information gleaned from class discussions and listening.
• Students should review their notes regularly and keep up to date on assigned readings.
• Students should always arrive before class time or else lateness will affectthe Attendance percentage in the Grading
Policy section.
• Students are not allowed to leave before the end of each class.
• Mobile phones should be silenced and put away during class.
• Homework assignments must be the original work of each student and may not be done collaboratively unless I
assigned otherwise.
In order to improve the effectiveness of the educational process, all students are expected to submit their
course evaluations by the last day of classes.
Students who fail to complete the evaluation of ALL registered courses by the set deadline:
1. will not be able to access their course grades from Banner or Portal until two weeks after the end of the
final exams period; and
2. will not be able to request transcripts.
The anonymity of the process and the students will be maintained at all times.