Dark Playing, Never Song, Hard Sarangis, Hard Rebab http://www.alansondheim.org/never.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/oldsarnever.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/newsarnever.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/nevernewsar.mp3 http://www.alansondheim.org/rebabnever.mp3 "NEVER "Never such Pain again They will not Have it They will come first And kill first They will open Maw and ruin Death never Stops for death "Nevermore Our loves to please Nevermore Somewhere you smile And our chains Seem as one Disappearing Crying nevermore Crying out Nevermore Before the coming Of the pain Cessation Denouement Never death A passing away Never death Dont mourn for me Never death Dont mourn for me "Never such Pain again They will not Have it They will come first And kill first They will open Maw and ruin Death never Stops for death" Azure Carter, singer, song Alan Sondheim, modern sarangi, antique sarangi, Afghani rebab "I chose to use difficult and hard to play instruments, for solo work and to accompany Azure's song; one blends into the other. The old sarangi (around 1910-1930?) has extremely thick strings well above the body; its gruffness seems perfect for the song. The new sarangi has thinner strings (including a cello one) closer to the body; they're stopped with nails, not cuticles. The rebab presents both tuning and picking problems for me; it's intended to be played with a pick, but I'm using fingers instead. It also tends to go out of tune, and some of the drone strings can't be turned properly in the body. I try to work around the limitations. It's also a very old instrument. In any case, the difficulty of these instruments, for me, results in a caustic environment, one of arms, hands, fingers, bodies at work in an untoward way - as if there were disappearances, fade-outs, what the song indicates to me." _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
