Huseyni Rondo
for Horn and optional Percussion
(daf or dumbeg [alternatively
12-16" frame drum or any type of hand drum with multiple pitches])


"Huseyni Rondo" blends a common component of Middle Eastern musical structure (Huseyni makam) with a common component of European musical structure (5 part rondo).

Many Middle Eastern songs will begin with a slow improvisatory solo called a taksim. The beginning of "Huseyni Rondo" is intended to emulate this, but if the performer prefers, they are free to improvise their own taksim rather than play the written notes and rhythms. The rhythmic pattern used throughout this is the "curcuna", which is 3+2+2+3/8. It is common throughout Turkey and Armenia, and it was particularly common in the areas of Western Armenia (present-day Turkey) where my great grandparents were born.

The "quarter-tone" fingerings are notated in the horn part, though they are not technically true quarter tones: the D half-flates should be about 11 cents flat of D natural (just enough to be noticeable) and the G half-flats should be about 23 cents flat of G natural (obviously flat, but not "dramatically out of tune"). For additional information on other possible microtonal fingerings, I have a free quarter-tone fingering chart available to view and download here.




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