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help identify the maqam

wazza - 12-20-2007 at 10:58 AM

hello everybody
I have downloaded a oud piece some months ago and I want to know its maqam.
could you please help to identify its maqam.
thank you

MatthewW - 12-20-2007 at 11:12 AM

er, where is it wazza?

gilgamesh - 12-20-2007 at 12:06 PM

Hello Wazza. Matthew don't know music!This rare minor scale named Maqam Laspe fall into amazing Oblivion in C to finish :D
kind regards

wazza - 12-20-2007 at 01:47 PM

Oups I'm so sorry
here is the file
:rolleyes:

SamirCanada - 12-20-2007 at 02:36 PM

from what i can tell he is playing a bit of bayati on D at first but then he goes to something like the major scale on G. so Ajam on G i guess.
Iam not sure if Iam right either but I have a feeling its that.

MatthewW - 12-20-2007 at 02:48 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SamirCanada
from what i can tell he is playing a bit of bayati on D at first but then he goes to something like the major scale on G. so Ajam on G i guess.
Iam not sure if Iam right either but I have a feeling its that.



yes, I think Samir got it, it starts out in D, sounds like Bayati, and then I hear it going into maqam Ajam in G ( G major scale) for most of the number. It sounds like it possibly goes into a bit of a maqam Nahawand in G (G minor) at the very end, not sure as it is a short modulation and then ends... nice playing whoever it is.

Oud Freak - 12-21-2007 at 03:35 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by wazza
Oups I'm so sorry
here is the file
:rolleyes:


VERY interesting modulations, very creative.

Who is playing?

Heard a bayat in the beginning then it switched to something between ajam and rast. Like ajam where the natural b looks more like a half bemol b, or a rast where the b half bemol looks more like a natural b. It also seems that in the Rast has the last word, the conclusion (afleh) is made from some rast notes. I heard no nahawand, only a few notes which are in fact in the middle of the maqam bayat. Really cool exerpt!

wazza - 12-21-2007 at 05:39 AM

thanks everybody,
the original file (before re-encoding) was named assirem_oud.mp3 and the artist is "aziz boulaaroug".
I will try to practice to imitate this taqseem which is simple and very beautiful.
thanks again.

gilgamesh - 12-21-2007 at 06:22 AM

your right, simple and beautiful; It's a goog lurning taqsim for me too; thank you Wazza:airguitar::airguitar: