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The Book for the Completion of Musical Knowledge is one of two unique treatises coming down to us from the 11th century; the other is Encompasser of the Arts of Ibn al- Ṭaḥḥān al-Mūsīqī. Both are written by practicing musicians and composers, and as such provide, a most welcome musical practices supplement to the tenth-century legacy of music theory and literature, namely, the works of al-Fārābī and al-Iṣfahānī. In composition, al-Kātib provides useful details regarding the process to set a poem to music; in education, he advises students on how to choose a good teacher; in performance, he advises students about to breathe properly and how to ornament vocal and instrumental music.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
[Short Descriptive] List of All the Chapters of the Manuscript Called the Completion of Musical Knowledge (Kamāl Adab al-ghināʾ)
Introduction
1 Ṭarab
2 On the Virtues of Melodies
3 The Meanings of Melodies
4 The Effects of Melodies
5 The Superiority of Older Singing
6 The Superiority of Older Poetry
7 The Superiority of Music
8 The Characteristics of Melodies
9 The Resemblance between the Soul, the Melodies, and the Celestial Sphere
10 The State of the Notes
11 [The Causes or Mechanics of] Sound Production (Taṣwīt)
12 [The Meaning of the] Word Music
13 The Delimitations of the Notes
14 The Divisions of the Frets of the Pandore
15 Melodic Modes (Ajnās al-nagham)
16 The Fundamentals of Melodies
17 Voiced Letters
18 Planning and Determining [Where and How Much to Breathe]
19 The Poetic Meters
20 The Structure of the Melody
21 The Qualification of Melodies
22 Composing Melodies that Suit the Poems
23 Specific Places in Melodies [to Beautify with Specific Techniques]
24 Specific Places in the Playing of Instruments [to Beautify with Specific Techniques]
25 What It Is Preferable to Highlight in Melodies
26 What It Is Preferable to Hide in Melodies
27 Opening Songs
28 Rhythms and Rhythmic Modes
29 Being in Rhythm
30 The Theft of Melodies (al-Sariqāt)
31 The Strings
32 The Names of the Melodic and Rhythmic Modes (Ṭarāʾiq)
33 The Qualities of the Singer
34 Good Qualities [to Have While Singing]
35 The Qualities of the Throats
36 The Arrangement of Singing
37 Praise and Requests for Repetitions
38 Testing
39 Things that Are Beneficial to the Throats
40 The Dimensions of Instruments, Arrangements of Frets, and Choice of Strings
41 Music Education
42 Addenda
43 The Sources (al-Irshād)
Glossary
Charts
Bibliography
Index of People and Places
Index of Terms and Subjects
