Kurdish Song
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Changing the Aesthetic Taste in Two Modern Kurdish Songs
Ashna Omar Hama Aziz, Nasser Hashim Baden, Sangar Qadir Sheikh Mohammed
Human being always looking for changes and experiencing new things. Since the art directly connected to the social and psychological phenomena, the meaning of aesthetics keeps changing. Therefore, it is common to see that the individual constantly looks for new styles, abandoning the old music and songs. This study, Changing Aesthetic in Two Modern Kurdish Song, is analyzing the differences between the two selected songs within the last twenty years regarding text, melody, rhythm, and song. It highlights that to what extent the songs are connected to the aesthetic feeling of their times. The importance of this research is that it clarifying the aesthetic feeling in the Kurdish modern music and song, revealing that it is a principal issue that never should be neglected in any art criticism. Therefore, the study is about aesthetic in art in general and modern music and song in particular. In addition to the introduction, and abstract, the research is composed of three chapters. The first chapter is about the general structure of the research including the problem and the importance of the research, the goal of the research, the tools and the limits of the research, and the terminology. In the second chapter, the structure of the research divided into different subjects such as aesthetic feeling, Aesthetic types, change in the aesthetic feeling, and the introduction to the historical changes in the Kurdish song. The third part is devoted to the implementation if the outcomes of the research which is composed of illustration and analyzing the case studies, analyzing the text, and practical music. The research ends with the result and the list of resources.
Volume 11 · Issue 1 · February 2024Using Kurdish Songs in the Piano Method
Ahmed Nuradeen Taha, Ehsan Shaker Zalzala, Nareman Abdulla Kareem
The nations of the world have paid attention to preserve their musical heritage in many fields, including education system and teaching music, and have used their musical heritage in their educational music programs, including the method of playing the piano which is the main aim of this research. Some of music composers have used popular and famous songs as an educational approach to teach the piano. Therefore, the researcher has selected some examples of famous Kurdish songs and used them for the beginner level. "Using Kurdish Songs in the Piano Method" is the combination of Kurdish song heritage with a very important instrument of music, which has a very important and influential role in the art of music in general, in the process of music education in particular. In this regard, this study uses Kurdish song heritage as an educational model for piano playing at the beginning level for adults. Many studies confirm that pieces of music and exercises that use the melodies of traditional and popular songs are the best teaching materials for teaching music. It also helps music learners to know their music heritage and it can strengthen their cultural identity as well.