seems the Yemen scene is a very social thing - - - bit of a party atmosphere, mostly dudes hanging around relaxing together, smoking etc... then
there is one dude with an oud singing... and some drumming and clapping. . . .
doesn't seem like a sort of formal "classical" tradition.
The rhythms are really complex and interesting. . . seems a definite African influence.
I really like how they are all sitting on the floor - - - I wonder if Arab music previously was a more "floor sitting" affair... like in india [in
india it would be unthinkable for musicians to sit on chairs, or wear a Western suit].Edward Powell - 3-15-2009 at 03:32 AM
...but seriously, this is great stuff--- is this style really YEMENI? I sounds a bit like what I would imagine old Iraqi style to be..... or am
I out to lunch?Monawar Al-Jabar - 3-15-2009 at 03:35 AM
In yemen we like the oud more. look at my profile on youtube and you see the different style of yemen music . if you need any more info let me knowEdward Powell - 3-15-2009 at 03:37 AM
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Originally posted by Monawar Al-Jabar
And this is sanany music
...they really seem to know how to have a good time down there in Yemen
I love these tunes!
HEY, DID YOU NOTICE IN THIS CLIP THEY HAVE SOME INDIAN TABLA (drums) SITTING THERE ON THE FLOOR! ...it show that there really must be a connection to
India!Monawar Al-Jabar - 3-15-2009 at 03:51 AM
You need to be at the top of you game to play oud in yemen it's the only arabic country who is still intouche with oud and it will never die in yemen.
The indian drumes are used for when you play lahjey style some thing like this
search for the Institut du monde arabe collection of Yemen they did some masterpieces in my opinion, ok not easy listening at all..
-Hasan Al-Ajami on qanbus (ancient yemenite version of oud) with A. Ushaysh on copper plate (fantastic sound the plate and his voice, RIP): "le chant
de Sanaa", some compositions comes from 1100 others from 1700 and 1800; this is one of my preferite album of ever.
-Mohammad Al-Harithi: "L'heure de Salomon", oud, beautiful rhitmical patterns
-Mohamed Murshid Nagee: "la chanson d'Aden"
on my youtube channel you will find some videos in my preferite, unfortunately nothing about qanbus, never found anything on that on all the
internet.. http://www.youtube.com/user/leobartox
here I uploaded just some minutes of the first track of "le chant de sanaa" and a pdf zipped about the qanbus sometime
ago:http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=6430#pid38831
Alenouphar - 3-15-2009 at 06:23 AM
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Originally posted by Monawar Al-Jabar
You need to be at the top of you game to play oud in yemen it's the only arabic country who is still intouche with oud and it will never die in yemen.
The indian drumes are used for when you play lahjey style some thing like this
I can hardly see Indian Tabla being played anywhere in those videos, but I see bongos great playing and an interesting way to hold them, much like two
frame drums attached to each other, being the smallest above the other.
By the way are the guys chewing the same thing you can find in Ethiopia and Somalia?
Thanks Monawar and everybody.fhydan - 3-15-2009 at 07:35 AM
Faisal Alawi anyone? I can't find any good clips of him in youtube and I know he was one of the best oudists in yemen in his time.Edward Powell - 3-15-2009 at 09:00 AM
Thanks so much Monawar!
You have given me a quick Yemeni education!
What is your youtube channel address?John Erlich - 3-15-2009 at 08:12 PM
I have quite a collection of Yemeni music on cassettes, but very, very little on CD. Sadly, despite the Bay Area's large Yemeni community, no one
seems to be importing Yemeni music anymore.
All the best,
JohnEdward Powell - 3-15-2009 at 11:30 PM
Thanks so much John
This is a great site! So much wonderful music - and for free.littleseb - 3-16-2009 at 04:31 AM
I really like yemeni music, I've been listening to it alot. The rhythms are similar to morroccan and north african music, while the oud playing is
full of tarab, sounding between africa and the arabian gulf.
And of course Ahmed Qassim which plays a more egyptian style but still sounds yemeni: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czlINI6xGvY
I once heard a yemeni song on youtube with a really great 11/8 rhythm but I can't remember who sang it or what it was called. Does anyone know what
this rhythm is called? Or any information on yemeni rhythms..tchandler - 3-17-2009 at 10:19 AM
and where's the best place to buy music from these singers we're enjoying on youtube?
tomMasel - 3-17-2009 at 01:00 PM
Found the song it's called ya 3rus it means "oh groom"
The rhythm is 11/8, I had lots of fun breaking my teeth on it. I'm going to learn to play this song, the maqam by the way is segah, not huzam but
segah. The only arabic music that I've heard in segah, other than only a little turkish and a little persian, is in bedouin songs. And yemeni is has
also a bedouin feel to it, which is what makes it so great I think.fhydan - 3-17-2009 at 07:34 PM
What fascinates me about the yemeni style of oud playing is how the rhythms are played on the oud. Even the simplest melodies can sound so nice! This
style is proving so hard to learn! If anyone has any pointers about how to play like those guys do please share with us! Monawar Al-Jabar - 3-18-2009 at 01:02 AM
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Originally posted by fhydan
What fascinates me about the yemeni style of oud playing is how the rhythms are played on the oud. Even the simplest melodies can sound so nice! This
style is proving so hard to learn! If anyone has any pointers about how to play like those guys do please share with us!
Hi i will try and shoot some clips and post them for you Monawar Al-Jabar - 3-18-2009 at 01:07 AM
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Originally posted by fhydan
Faisal Alawi anyone? I can't find any good clips of him in youtube and I know he was one of the best oudists in yemen in his time.
HELLO - This is an incredible thread. I really love the street guy with the oud that sat in a gutter from 1182, haha. Seriously though, all of these
links are great, just greatLuttgutt - 4-1-2009 at 12:15 PM
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NOW THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR AAAAAALLLLLL MY LIFE!!!!
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Really? that is what you've been waiting for all your life, Edward?!!
You got me worried here
...just kidding... of course