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Beginner Music

ahmed_eissa - 11-20-2011 at 05:23 PM

I have found a plethora of sheet music through this site, and for that I am grateful. The downside, I have no audio to compare it to and listen to, in order for me to play along to the song and to make sure I am playing it right.

Could anyone provide basic dulabs or songs (with sheet music) along with a link or maybe audio file with someone playing the song?

It would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

Brian Prunka - 11-20-2011 at 07:06 PM

As I recall, maqamworld.com has a number of doulabs to listen to. Do you have specific pieces you want to hear?

ahmed_eissa - 11-21-2011 at 06:55 AM

I have no specific pieces in my mind, because I am not that well verses in middle eastern music (which I am trying to fix!). Anything simple/moderately challenging, and that sounds good!

I guess what I'm interested in right now is being able to play along with songs, and in turn I could play these songs with my band.

Do the dulabs on maqamworld.com have sheet music with them?

freya - 11-21-2011 at 07:24 AM

Also see (for example) http://www.alsiadi.com/musicscores.htm
There seem to be a number of dulab here. I couldn't get the Sibelius plugin to work with firefox (will have to mess around a bit more) but it worked fine with explorer.

Regards.

Danielo - 11-21-2011 at 07:44 AM

For many well-known pieces (e.g. Samai Bayati Al Aryan), you can easily find rather good renderings on youtube.

John Erlich - 11-22-2011 at 09:39 AM

I posted (a while ago) a very simple, but beautiful song I transcribed and a link to a YouTube posting of the song, which is still valid:

http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=10570#pid71...

Enjoy,
"Udi" John