Rural Singing in Jordan

Abstract

This research aims at highlighting one of the genuine vocal forms in Jordan, which is known as “rural singing”. This is done through identifying the poetical and musical characteristics, as well as recognizing the most famous forms of rural singing in Jordan, in addition to the most artistic terms used in this form. The researcher addressed, through Analysis and Study, the most important poetical features of rural poety such as poetical Rhyme, Prosody, architecture, and themes of the poem, and the most musical features of rural singing in Jordan especially that which refers to the melodic rhythm, musical ornamentation, and musical performance, as well as the most well-known forms such as: Aldalohna’, Zareef Altool, and Aljafra. In addition, the researcher has developed a list of the most important artistic terms: poetical and musical terms used in the Jordanian rural singing. The researcher came up, by the end of this research, to a group of results related to the subject as well as the suggested recommendations; he also formed a list that explains the meanings of musical words used in the search, and a bibliography based on the most important references he referred to.