Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations [Short Descriptive] List of All the Chapters of the Manuscript Called the Completion of Musical Knowledge ( Kamal Adab al-ghina ) Introduction 1 arab 2 On the Virtues of Melodies 3 The Meanings of Melodies 4 The Effects of Melodies 5 The Superiority of Older Singing 6 The Superiority of Older Poetry 7 The Superiority of Music 8 The Characteristics of Melodies 9 The Resemblance between the Soul, the Melodies, and the Celestial Sphere 10 The State of the Notes 11 [The Causes or Mechanics of] Sound Production ( Tawit ) 12 [The Meaning of the] Word Music 13 The Delimitations of the Notes 14 The Divisions of the Frets of the Pandore 15 Melodic Modes ( Ajnas al-nagham ) 16 The Fundamentals of Melodies 17 Voiced Letters 18 Planning and Determining [Where and How Much to Breathe] 19 The Poetic Meters 20 The Structure of the Melody 21 The Qualification of Melodies 22 Composing Melodies that Suit the Poems 23 Specific Places in Melodies [to Beautify with Specific Techniques] 24 Specific Places in the Playing of Instruments [to Beautify with Specific Techniques] 25 What It Is Preferable to Highlight in Melodies 26 What It Is Preferable to Hide in Melodies 27 Opening Songs 28 Rhythms and Rhythmic Modes 29 Being in Rhythm 30 The Theft of Melodies ( al-Sariqat ) 31 The Strings 32 The Names of the Melodic and Rhythmic Modes ( araiq ) 33 The Qualities of the Singer 34 Good Qualities [to Have While Singing] 35 The Qualities of the Throats 36 The Arrangement of Singing 37 Praise and Requests for Repetitions 38 Testing 39 Things that Are Beneficial to the Throats 40 The Dimensions of Instruments, Arrangements of Frets, and Choice of Strings 41 Music Education 42 Addenda 43 The Sources ( al-Irshad ) Glossary Charts Bibliography Index of People and Places Index of Terms and Subjects.