The Black Swordsman
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uee_mcxvrw
Dude........
This isn't even one of their weirder songs.
It is disturbing.
Dude........
This isn't even one of their weirder songs.
It is disturbing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isa0GlhRZYY
If you're not feeling the sax, Id suggest fast forwarding it to the 4 minute mark. Probably one of the best violin solos I have ever heard.
Thanks bro, it's very good. I'd renewed my violin's strings yesterday, now I saw this, altough it's out of my style(I do maqam music) I'm trying to imitate that solo. Of course it only destroys my neighbors' sunday.![]()
Destroys? Id make hot, passionate love to my neighbour if he played that solo. Upload a video if you manage to get a decent crack at the solo![]()
Maqam music is Turkish, Im assuming?
It destroys because I play horriblyRight now I'm just trying to decipher and memorize it, then I will write down it and practise a few months, by that time I'll be able to perform it, well, not well but not as horrible as I do now. Lol, it's a very long and complex solo which requires pro skills and all kind of violin tecniques. There is no harm for me to confess that it's way beyond me to perform such a solo, as of now, plus I'd had a break with my violin for some years 'cause of my military years.
Maqam(makam in turkish) is basically a musical system(And also refers to each mold of melody types(modes) like the scales in the western music). It's the base of the middle eastern music. It is the main structure of the traditional, classical and partially folk musics of the Turkish, Persian, Arabic, Azeri and some of the Balkan Musics and constitutes partially in Indian music or some of far eastern music.
You can think it as an advanced microtonal music.
For example, in the western music we devide octave into 12 semitones, like this; A, Ab(B#), B, C, Cb(D#), D, Db(E#), E, F, Fb(G#), G, Gb(A#), A...
In Turkish makam system, we devide same octave into 53 equal microtones(we call each one of them as koma, comma in eng) to produce 8 notes(the octave) with non-equal distances.
Thanks to this little commas, one can produce rich and soulful melodies. But a person who is unused to hear makam music(or other microtonal musics) can find it strange at first. Lol, I've even heard many pro musicians saying "it's out of tune" when they first listened to a traditional middle eastern music.
Here are a couple of violin examples, performing Taksim(improvisation in makam rules) in Hicaz Makam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77QwqslLASE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBW1V5uyfMQ
Ohh man, I don't care if you're not able to master it, Id love to see how close you get to nailing it thoughI love music, Im a crude self-taught guitarists, trying to learn musical scales, and octaves myself.
I would rep you for such an informative post, but It seems that I must spread some around before giving it to you again. Regardless, my parents were born in Kosovo, so much of their Balkan music resembles a lot of Turkish, and Arabic (mores Turkish, I think) music. I know my pops used to be a massive Ibrahim Tatlises fan back in the heyday, he'd play his cassettes in the car as he'd drive me to school back when I was little. Throw some of your music on youtube or something, Im sure a lot of posters here would love to see what you've got![]()
This thread is one of my fav threads so far despite having some creepy song offers too.