As-Suwayda-Sana
Despite the fame of Aleppo for its pilgrims, the extent of its spread spread to all governorates in Syria, including As-Suwayda, which attracted its children as listeners, singers and musicians.
According to music researcher Salman Al-Badayish, Al-Qudoud Al-Halabi, which has spread throughout Syria and the Arab countries, was the first to be credited by the great singer Sabah Fakhri.
And because al-Qudud is characterized by its long melodic sentences and slow rhythm, according to al-Badaish, it met the passion of art connoisseurs in Suwayda, to the extent that it became an integral part of their evenings, as many of the younger generation resort to chanting it on various occasions.
Musician Louay Imad, head of the oriental department at the Farid al-Atrash Institute of Music, explains that the Gudoud plays all oriental musical instruments, the bouzouq, the flute, the qanun, and the oud. The instrumentalist, singer and receiver as a fine musical construct and authentic tarab.
In view of its necessity, students are trained at the Farid Al-Atrash Institute to play the gudoud, as well as to sing it, which is more difficult than playing it, as it needs, as Imad mentioned, a voice capable of performing it, and Arab voice coloring and wavering.
Teaching Al-Qudud does not depend on government academic institutions, but is part of the curricula of private institutes. In this regard, artist Adham Azgoul, director of the Fahd Ballan Institute for Music and a coach in the field of singing, explains that students are trained in it at the institute based on the importance of maqam science and the diversity of the compositions on it, in a way that raises They have an artistic flair.
Azqoul confirms the documentation and preservation of these qidoods, as they are among the authentic Syrian musical arts for which the city of Aleppo has been famous since ancient times.
The young singer Wissam Hatoum finds joy in singing Qudoud al-Halabi, which is sung for art connoisseurs with a trumpet ear. It has more than one place.
It is noteworthy that the Al-Qudoud Aleppan file was included last month on the Representative List of Human Heritage at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) after tireless and systematic work carried out by the Syrian Trust for Development in cooperation with the local community in Aleppo, government institutions and specialists, led by the late Sabah Fakhri, who provided moral and scientific support Part of his career was involved in enriching this file.
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