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Anouar Brahem transcriptions
Has anyone come across any of Anouar Brahem's music transcribed. I really enjoy his compositions and his playing but having had time to transcribe
anything from his recordings.
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Ed
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Hi Edisoned,
Anouar Brahem is Tunisian oud player. His compositions is in Modern western
style although he tried to make more arabic style by adding arabic rythems to it.
Basiclly, he is playing soft slow jazz with his oud. He is playing very simple and
easy to listen to it.
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Anouar Brahem is one of my favourite musicians and composers on any instrument Edisoned. I also have not had time to sit down and transcribe any of
his tunes, but I will try to do so over the holidays. If I do I will post. For those who think that he plays only slow ambient music, I would suggest
they give his first CD on ECM a listen. The CD is called Barzakh, and he shows that he can really rip it up. His sound is my favourite oud sound. His
and Hamza el Din's.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by edisoned
Has anyone come across any of Anouar Brahem's music transcribed. I really enjoy his compositions and his playing but having had time to transcribe
anything from his recordings.
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One of my favouite pieces by Anouar Brahem is "Itr al-Ghajar." You can find a transcription by Issa Boulos at his archive site http://www.issaboulos.com/archive/index.php
Search the Composer field under "Anwar Ibrahim."
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Greg
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Anouar Brahem transcriptions
Thanks,
that's a great site. I understand that Anouar isn't playing real traditional music but I think his compositions and playing is stellar and unique. I
think his music will bring many fans to learn more about music performed on the Oud. It certainly did for me.
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I have transcribed a number of compositions by Anouar Brahem. When I have time, I'll try to post some here. If you have any requests, I'll try to do
those first.
somewhere in the forums is a transcription i did of Brahem's "lecon du oud" . . . you should find it if you search for it.
here are some that i have:
badhra
c'est allieurs
conte d'incroyable amour
danse II
halfouine
astrakan cafe
houdouth
mozdok's train
parfum de gitane
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Brian Prunka
I have transcribed a number of compositions by Anouar Brahem. When I have time, I'll try to post some here. If you have any requests, I'll try to do
those first.
somewhere in the forums is a transcription i did of Brahem's "lecon du oud" . . . you should find it if you search for it.
here are some that i have:
badhra
c'est allieurs
conte d'incroyable amour
danse II
halfouine
astrakan cafe
houdouth
mozdok's train
parfum de gitane |
Thanks, I did find the one you posted and am working on it.
I've really be enjoying his cd's La Voyage de Sahar and Le pas duchat noir. I just ordered the recording he did with Dave Holland and John Surman as
well.
Thanks for offering to post them.
Look forward to it.
Ed
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Here you have Samir Makhoul playing easily (for students in summer course) Ither al Ghajar which is arabic translation for Parfum de Gitan
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=6414#pid389...
Inside you have the sheet and the link to the clip of Samir
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Thanks, that's a nice piece and I was able to play it.
Are there any recources for more pieces of this level to learn?
Ed
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Thank you. I'm interested by anouar brahem's works too. I love his inspiration and his fabulous light playing... So If it's possible Brian I will be
very happy to study his work with your sheets. I think I'm not alone....
thanx
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Which kind fo oud uses Anouar Brahem and Rabih Abou Khalil? What are the tunings?
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Okay, I'm finally getting around to this.
This one is from "Thimar". It's mainly in the samai rhythm, but there is a section in 11.
After repeated careful listenings, I'm fairly certain that the way they play it on the record is not how it was originally intended. There's a
measure and a half where they sound unsure, and it deviates from the established meter at precisely that spot (around mm.5-6, if I remember
correctly). Since there's no percussionist on the record, it's impossible to know for sure, but what I've written here is my interpretation of what I
think they meant to play. You won't be able to play exactly along with the record, though.
I'll post more of Brahem's tunes when I get a chance.
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By the way, it's been mentioned before but Brahem mostly uses a high F tuning.
Most of his pieces are easily played on a standard Arabic tuning though.
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Brahem transcription
Thanks Brian
That's great.
Ed
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There are other transcriptions of this one out there; this one is based on the way Brahem performs it on "Astrakan Café." The other versions I have
seen are somewhat different, they may be based on the "Barzakh".
Parfum de Gitane:
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This is a simple one from "Astrakan Café." Note that the 8th notes swing, so they should be played as the 1st and 3rd notes of an 8th note triplet.
Listen to the recording if you don't get what I mean.
The Mozdok's Train:
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This one is a favorite. Brahem embellishes the melody quite a bit on this one, using D and G pedal points against the main melody.
The last section is a little strange, I wrote it how Barbaros Erköse is playing it, Brahem himself plays a slightly simplified version.
Halfouine:
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Halfouine, p.2:
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Brian, thanks for these. Anouar Brahem is the reason I got into the oud in the first place!
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Brian:
I am with Thrip. Brian, thank you so much for these (and also for your excellent risha advice on another post). Paul
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You're welcome guys. I'm glad to help out.
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David,
I'm sorry, there is no recurrent triplet in the spot that you describe. I tried to present the simplest version of the melody. If you listen to both
the oud and the clarinet, you can hear that they play several subtle variations on the main theme. There are some triplets, pickups, and ghost notes
added at various points, but none of them occur every time in both instruments and so can't be regarded as essential elements of the melody. Writing
a lead sheet from a recording with ornamentation and variation always has some degree of interpretation. That said, upon listening to it again, it
seems they usually play three quarter notes in the seventh measure instead of the two dotted quarters. Even that is not every time, though.
As for the maqam, it is definitely not Husseini.
There are no microtones in the melody. It is clearly B natural and E natural, not half-flat. They are playing the just tuning of the B and E, which
is slightly (approx 22 cents, if I recall) lower than the equal-tempered (i.e., piano) tuning. But it is nowhere near the quarter-tone (approx. 50
cents).
It seems to be a version of the dorian or mixolydian scale (depending on whether you're considering D or G as the tonic), but as far as I know, there
is no maqam equivalent. To my ear, it sounds like mixolydian, with the melody ending on the 5th.
cheers,
Brian
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Hi David,
Your approach, trying to write out the specifics of Brahem's oud part, is valuable. It helps to understand an "oud-y" way of playing the melody. A
couple of things about the rhythm--there is most of the time an accent on the "and" of 3, matching the pattern in the drums, so I think you should
adjust the rhythm of the melody to match that (where you have two quarter notes). Regarding the "swing" aspect, the 8ths are played kind of like in
jazz, if you took a triplet (1-and-uh) and left out the middle note of the triplet (1- -uh).
I was deliberately not trying to write an "oud" part, but a more general version of the melody that could be played on any instrument.
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Hello There.
Does anybody know which luthiers Anouar prefers ? (Their names)
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Periklis
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hi periclistsoukalas,
anouar brahem use a gamil gergy oud but the face is changed by a tunisian oudmaker, but in thimar he used a abdo nahat oud.
ziad
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