for example, if i use a maqam that is called rast, r-a-s-t, then this is the main maqam.hould start with this maqam, and i can modulate to whatever i want, but at the end of the taqasim, i have to go usually to the rast. [music continues] the most important feature in taqasim is the ability to build up a melody, and the more you modulate, the more intense the improvisation becomes. the most important thing would be to understand that it has to be created on the spot. and it very much depends on the artistry and the knowledge, the experience of the musician. now, it is true that much of the ideas, the music ideas, with experience, they might repeat themselves, but it's never the same. you can never hear an idea repeated twice the same. it could be close, but it's never the same. and the whole idea is to-- maybe you repeat some ideas-- but to come up with some creative concepts that are very new and very maybe revolutionary also, musically speaking. (narrator) all musicians are steeped in the musical language of their culture. and each composer has his or her own way of wor

it's also the actual presentation and what kinds of questions rast of the officer.ind it interesting that the prosecutor last night in his presentation never gave us reeling from eight as far as what happened between the confrontation at the car and then 10 shots out in the street in broad daylight with someone who is unarmed, allegedly lunging at you. there have to be other options that an officer can take in the circumstances. that part was not mention and was completely glossed over. then we went into shooting and then the full-blown grand jury investigation. he had an opportunity last night to lay out a lot of things and he took a lot of things to do it to my and he should have, but that is a glaring missing piece in this whole tragedy for the bucks mr. mayor, i want to move to a different topic. as you know, your city is one of three finalists for the democratic convention in 2016. let me start like this. have you ever been to brooklyn? >> [laughs] i have been to brooklyn. >> what do you like to do their? >> i have not been to brooklyn enough to have that level

i almost didn't vote rast week because i thought it doesn't matter. it would be a pain. and i think often times, people don't vote because it's imconvenient. certainly, in the 19th century, you may have to travel some distance. in the elections in camp, you just had to walk a hundred yards, at host, to vote. you were in camp and the elections were hold e held in the companies of each regimens. so i think if soldiers are making a conscious decision not to vote just based on how easy it would have been. >> that's a great question. i've never thought about that and i don't know. that's a very good question. i wish i could answer. but i don't know what the mar gyp was. we'll have to google that later. well, thank you so much. >> our next speaker is known to many of us. and some of us had the strength to have read one of the two volumes. this is the second volume covering the period oaf today's symposium. of abraham lincoln's life who holds the chancellor distinguished chair in lincoln studies at the university of illinois at springfield. his earlier work, the inner world of

i almost didn't vote rast week because i thought it doesn't matter. it would be a pain. and i think often times, people don't vote because it's imconvenient. certainly, in the 19th century, you may have to travel some distance. in the elections in camp, you just had to walk a hundred yards, at host, to vote. you were in camp and the elections were hold e held in the companies of each regimens. so i think if soldiers are making a conscious decision not to vju