Discuss the similarities and difference between “Arabic Taqasim Improvisation for Ud and Buzuq” and an American Jazz or other improvisation-based composition that you are very familiar with.
Your discussion should be detailed and follow these guidelines:
1. Name and describe the two pieces you will compare. Include the title, performing forces (eg. solo voice, or voices and names of accompanying instruments), religious background if Option One, lyrics (using translations in the text for the World Music examples) and basic purpose/function of the song we studied and the song from your background.
2. Discuss any similarities of purpose/function, lyrics, timbre, accompaniment, formal structure (eg. a Methodist Hymn might be verse/chorus), tempo, and aesthetic beauty.
3. Discuss any differences of purpose/function, lyrics, timbre, accompaniment, formal structure, tempo, and aesthetic beauty.
4. Arrive at a conclusion based on your exploration of similarities and differences.
