Ararat66
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watch this
Just seen this Richard Hagopian clip on Youtube - fantastic playing especially the right hand, real fire.
Leon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b53p0e5KksQ&feature=PlayList&...
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Ararat66
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... and this - Peter Dorian, fantastic 'attack'
Leon
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MatthewW
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Hi Leon- yes sir, Richard can really play, and sing! do you know what tuning he likes to use? cheers, MW
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Hi matthewW,
Richard uses EABEAD.
Regards...Paul
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Wow... I love the way his fingers wait for his other hand to play the bass drone before he begins playing again... but all in a split second! He has
amazing brain control, not to mention musical talent!!  Thanks for the vid
Leon, do you know any more like this?
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hey leon, you said you liked ara dinkjian. have you seen this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPWLhi4gpwc
see what ara plays at 3:14
this has armen donelian on piano, and i think marc johnson (who was once the great pianist bill evans' bassist)
another one with the same group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnQq-O3kUSI
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Ararat66
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Hi Maran and the others
That's a fantastic roll at 3.14, Ara throws these glorious lines in when you least expect it - a real master.
Hi Udi Owain, how are you, great to see you the other day, lovely to see your playing again - a real pleasure. I watched this again an I see what you
mean, he kind of draws space into a very very fast tempo, I think it is so dynamic.
Cheers fom a very hot South coast
Leon
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Owain-Hawk
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Hi Udi Leon!  I am good thanks, yourself? It was great seeing you, your playing
(and your Oud ) again too! You absolutely astonish me with your ability to
make so many sounds on the Oud. Somtimes I heard Turkish, Armenian, Greek, and Arabic all in one phrase. I've been meaning to U2U you and flood you
with compliments, but I haven't had time 
Something I noticed with Richard's playing, is that he kind of lifts his fingers really fast and high off the notes after he has hit them... is there
a reason or is it just technique?
Cheers from... er, a very hot North coast... but overcast! 
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Ararat66
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Hi Owain
Thanks for the compliments - all taken with full gratitude, its hard to be objective sometimes, you are very kind
Check this interview with Richard H on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuCXl_9XTZY&feature=related
see from 3.40 onwards, listen to that tone, really strong but then watch how he curls his fingers round to use his nail. I think that percussive lift
to the finger relates to this ...
but what a tone !!!
Leon
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Jonathan
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From older players that I have talked to, Hrant took a fairly similar approach--with the finger essentially at a right angle to the fingerboard. I
wonder if Hagopian's playing reflects Hrant's influence, in light of the fact that Hrant Emre Kenkulian was his master.
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Ararat66
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... and check this out too
for tone junkies only !!!!
Leon
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msimon
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Awesome clip, Ararat66! He's amazing!
Thanks,
MS
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Ararat66
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Hi Jonathan
Is that how Udi Hrant gets that astounding soulful and sustained 'howl' from his oud - what a teacher to have though.
I was just watching John Bilezikian doing similar and amazing feats of soulful and sustained tone and his fingering looks similar just here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=na6vaN6AMVk&feature=related
just listen that sound and the passion in those held glissandos/carpmas i the first 40 seconds
Late night surfing with oud in hand ... time for bed ... everyone else is asleep
Leon
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I could go on forever about how beautiful Bilezikjian's playing is. It is absolutely brilliant. Soulful. 100% spot-on intonation. And, perhaps
just as important, he breathes new life into every composition he plays.
Here's one of my favorites, Husseini Saz Semai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbDxEbIzWE
In Bilezikjian's hands, it is not some museum piece--it is a living, breathing composition that continues to develop. It is not some slavish copy of
the original composition. I can't help but smile every time I hear it. I have been blessed to hear him perform the song live a number of times, and
the man continues to develop the composition each time he plays it. Brilliant.
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Ararat66
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Hi Jonathan
I agree, I love this version, what's interesting is that I can hear the folk roots emerging from the underlying structure of the piece. His tone is
astonishing and the picking hand so relaxed.
Here's a different version I've just seen, this time a Huseyni Taksim, but beautifully played by Cinucen Tanrikorur
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2_Y49QKmpQ
Beautiful phrasing and 'ornamentation' (I don't like that phrase - sounds like something you bolt on to a dodgy style!! - but you know what I
mean).
Leon
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Benjamin
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Quote: Originally posted by Jonathan  | I could go on forever about how beautiful Bilezikjian's playing is. It is absolutely brilliant. Soulful. 100% spot-on intonation. And, perhaps
just as important, he breathes new life into every composition he plays.
Here's one of my favorites, Husseini Saz Semai:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbDxEbIzWE
In Bilezikjian's hands, it is not some museum piece--it is a living, breathing composition that continues to develop. It is not some slavish copy of
the original composition. I can't help but smile every time I hear it. I have been blessed to hear him perform the song live a number of times, and
the man continues to develop the composition each time he plays it. Brilliant. |
Great player!
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Guys do you know on which strings play Ara Dinkjian, Richard Hagopian or Bilezikjian?
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