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Listen to this guy!!

walkad - 1-24-2005 at 10:38 AM

I got this video mailed to me, this is a young player from iraq, his name is Ali Sabah.
Sorry, couldnt upload a better pic. quality.

Request :)

Bin Ayoub - 1-25-2005 at 10:35 PM

nice playing high technique, bro can you email the clip with good quality or original quality to me please, i will appriciate that
bin_ayoub@hotmail.com

Ronny Andersson - 1-26-2005 at 01:38 PM

Finally some Iraqi virtuosity and played on a Foad Jihad Bashir oud.
He's a typical product of the present dominating school of Shamma and it makes me wonder what happened with the Bashir school and really, were there any school with an ¨authentic expression¨ of Bashir?

Bashir School

aldokhi - 1-27-2005 at 06:14 PM

I'm no oud expert, but I'm an avid fan of this instrument and have been hearing lots of players over many years. I agree with Ronny. The Bashir style of playing remains, at least to me, the only style that induces a state of Tarab(ecstacy). this is fast disapearing. Omar Bashir continues to stick, most of the time, to his father's school of playing. I love Shamma's music, but I do hope somebody continues of the traditional Iraqi style.

I'd love to hear comments from the more experienced members.

Zulkarnain - 1-27-2005 at 06:27 PM

2 Qs

1) Does Omar Bashir take his father step to continue teaching the true Iraqi style of playing Oud?

2) Is there any Oud School provided such classes regarding the first Qs?


Salam

revaldo29 - 1-27-2005 at 09:16 PM

Can someone give me a link to a place where I can hear classical iraqi music please? thanx

Ronny Andersson - 1-30-2005 at 01:49 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Zulkarnain
2 Qs

1) Does Omar Bashir take his father step to continue teaching the true Iraqi style of playing Oud?

I don't think he take students but you have to ask him.

2) Is there any Oud School provided such classes regarding the first Qs?

Actually, how many have a risha technique as Bashir? I dare to say that the Bashir school is non existing.

LeeVaris - 1-30-2005 at 02:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Ronny Andersson

Actually, how many have a risha technique as Bashir? I dare to say that the Bashir school is non existing.


I had a opportunity to meet briefly with Ghassan Bashir (he uses the name Bashir to honor his teacher) Ghassan studied with Munir Bashir for quite a while. He told me that Munir was very protective/secretive of his risha technique. It was almost impossible to get any instruction on it. Ghassan had some very funny stories about grabbing a risha that had fallen on the floor just so he could examine it. From my brief time with Ghassan I must say that his risha technique is almost identical to Munir's, at least his sound is identical - very subtle risha work indeed! My observation of Ghassan's technique was that he uses a very narrow, VERY flexible eagle risha with an almost flat wrist. He gets a very clean articulated sound from very subtle wrist movement - no wild swinging - I've tried but, for the life of me, I can't even begin to see how he does it!

Ghassan now lives in southern California (in Anaheim I believe) and he is offering instruction in perhaps the only remaining expression of Munir's technique.

Perhaps Ghassan can post here with more insight!