according to what i read at mike's ... he's playing in the "khomasi scale." google didn't provide an explanation for this but yes, i agree, whatever he's playing is very accessible to my western ears. it's difficult to imagine a more unfomfortable position for holding the risha, however.
- bill --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > At 06:22 PM 6/8/2007, bill kilpatrick wrote: > > >toe tapping stuff from this blind sudanese oud > > player > > >- interesting way of holding a risha: > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjgozomLcLs > > > > > >(from mike's ouds) > > > > Good stuff. There's a lot of Western influence > there, > though. Chords aren't a traditional part of Arabic > music. Are they typical of modern oud playing? > (Maybe just in Sudan?) > > Chris > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Take the Internet to Go: Yahoo!Go puts the Internet > in your pocket: mail, news, photos & more. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/go?refer=1GNXIC > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
