Mohammad T. Al-Ghawanmeh

Yarmouk University | YU · Department of Music

This research discusses one of the most popular folklore singing forms inherited from ancient times in Jordan and Levant area known as (Al-Jafra). The aim of this research is to introduce this original singing through its' Artistic and Poetry structures. This research tackled naming this form, its' inherited sources, poetic structure, Rhythmic and...

TThe aim of this research paper is to scrutinize the traditional songs of women in Jordan by reviewing their themes, functions, and structures poetically, melodically, and rhythmically (as well as the way they are acted out), so as to spot out their main artistic features. The study presents the essential components of women‫׳‬s songs. These includ...

Songs of the Jordanian Al-Fardah This study discusses the songs of Al-Fardah as an important model and a cultural heritage of popular folk wedding songs in Jordan. The aim of this study is to introduce Al-Fardah as a common Jordanian ritual singing, and to identify its most prominent artistic characteristics. The importance of this study is stated...

يتناول هذا البحث الأغاني التراثية الأردنية التي تغنيها الأمهات لأطفالهن باعتبارها ثروة فنية، تمثل جانباً مهماً من إبداعات وثقافة الشعب الأردني. حيث يهدف البحث إلى التعرف إلى نماذج من هذه الأغاني، وأبرز خصائصها الفنية. ويكتسب البحث أهميته من أهمية التراث الغنائي الأردني وما يشتمل عليه من أشعار غنائية وألحان موسيقية متنوعة، بالإضافة إلى أهمية المميزا...

يتناول هذا البحث قالباً غنائياً من أشهر القوالب الغنائية الشعبية المتوارثة منذ القدم في الأردن وبلاد الشام هو "غناء الجفرة"، وقد هدف هذا البحث للتعريف بهذا القالب الغنائي الأصيل من خلال التعرف إلى بنائيته الفنية شعرياً وموسيقياً من خلال مجموعة من النصوص الغنائية واللحنية. وقد تطرق البحث إلى: تسمية هذا القالب، ومصادره التراثية، والبناء الشعري، والوز...

الأذان هو النداء للصلاة عند المسلمين. وهو من الناحية النغمية ارتجال لحني بصوت المؤذن عند أداء نص عربي محدد. نعمل في هذا المشروع على تطوير مواد تعليمية غنية، وذلك من خلال توفير مكتبة صوتية مكونة من تسجيلات حية للأذان الموحد في مدينة عمان. بحيث يتم فهرستها وفقا للمقام وكذلك المؤذن. كما نقوم بتحليل للمسار اللحني في هذا الاداء المرتجل لحنيا من خلال موس...

Adhan is the Islamic call to prayer; it is a vocal improvisation of a particular text performed by the Muezzin. We are developing a rich educational material; an audio library of tens of adhan performances based on live recordings of Amman city unified adhan. These are indexed according to maqam as well as to muezzin. We also perform verbal analysi...

p> A plastic greenhouse study was implemented to evaluate the potential use of treated wastewater for irrigation of Asiatic lily ‘Brunello’ grown in zeolite. Plants received the following treatments: a nutrient solution (N) alone, (N) mixed with treated wastewater (W) at rates of 3N:1W, 1N:1W and 1N:3W respectively. A closed system was used in whic...

Automatic maqam estimation is considered significant toward improving multimedia live music performances and automatic accompaniment. This contribution proposed a real-time maqam estimation model developed in the visual programming language MAX/MSP and configured for the nāydukah. The model’s design stood on basic formulas of Arab music maqamat as...

إن أتمتة تحديد المقام الموسيقي أثناء الأداء تعد أمراً مهمًا لتحسين الأداء الحي التفاعلي عبر الوسائط المتعددة وكذلك لتحسين أداء المرافقة الموسيقية الأوتوماتيكية . تقترح هذه المساهمة البحثية نموذجا لتحديد المقام الموسيقي لحظياً تم تطويره باستخدام لغة البرمجة المرئية MAX / MSP ، بجيث تمت تهيئة النموذج ليناسب آلة الناي، لا سيما ناي الدوكاه. اعتمد تصميم...

Although automatic accompaniment debuted in the mid-1980s, it was not applied to Arab music till recently. This is due, in part, to the lack of research applying informatics to Arab music, also to the particularity of Arab music. As a case study, we review the melodic part of the mawaweel web model for the Accompaniment of Arab vocal improvisation,...

We present a new process in which we utilize music analysis software as an effective way to teach Arab singing and ornamenting in educational workshops. We discuss the analytical, visual and performance capabilities of a couple of software. Then, we review the aspects of the process: tasks, methodology, work-schedule and requirements. A thorough de...

The accuracy and reliability of automatic music transcription plays and important role in music information retrieval applications. This paper investigates a previously reported Automatic Music Transcription (AMT) system for the Arabian flute (Nay)with the aim of extending its features and improving its performance. Several critical design factors...

Most educational musical software is designed for occidental music and instruments. As Arabian music has special features, utilization of most available musical software is limited. This article presents educational tools developed for Arabian woodwinds. These tools are based on a recently proposed system devoted to melodic retrieval of Arabian woo...

Unlike occidental flutes, Arabian flutes have gained only limited attention in literature over the past years. Moreover, the least tone-to-tone distance in Arabian music is only half of that of occidental music and therefore the analysis and features extraction process of Arabian music is more challenging. This paper investigates the tone-to-tone f...