NOTES
kitab1/book 1 of an-going multi-movement set of pieces for acoustic string quartet, inspired by arabic pitch and rhythmic modal systems, begun in summer 2012, continuing to the present 1 humayun - nuris 2 athar kurd – deir yassin 3 rast – ma’alul 4 bayati shuri – al-sarafand 5 nahawand murassah – sabbarin 6 nawa athar nahawand – al-quds 7 nikriz - qamun 8 hijaz kar kurd nahawand - gaza 9 athar kurd hijaz - rafah 10 huzam - khan yunis 11 sultani yakah – ijlil al-qibliyya 12 hijaz kar kurd – tulkarm 13 ushaq maari – umm khalid 14 kurd nahawand – qalunya 15 hisar nahawand – saffuriya

INSTRUMENTATION
string quartet

INSTRUMENT CATEGORIES
String Quartet