Monday, June 23, 2008

Sudanese Music 3: more clips ...

Peace ... salam ...


Its bad luck these days ... around me ...

many things have ended negatively ... by the end of this week it should be all clear ... hope so

This is some part of a long series of writings ...

This time, we have a group ... a good group trying some good music ...

In this clip many instruments are used, and the violin side was "light" .. usually some musicians use a technique (i think called double-not) which makes a violin sounds more like a "fiddle", those used in some folklore music ...

it can get annoying when you have many violins playing the same notes at the same time ... (in summary) ...

check this one for a better use of violins in Sudanese music ..



in the previous clip we can notice the use of a flute and a guitar, which are rarely recognized in a "Song" ... they are usually just "overlapped" by vocals ...

the acoustic guitar is rarely used in this form ... although it sounds great ...


next is a groove from the north ... simple ... hands+oud+drums ...

this one represents the northern music ... nice though .. originally done .. not much technology or electronic stuff used ...

its not in arabic btw, but fits within the "Sudanese song framework" :), why i say this cause majority of sudanse songs originate from the Arab side,

and these mainly are "haqeeba" rooted or influenced ...

just to remember "haqeeba style originated from Sufi-based hymns" ... so there you can find the relations between Sudanese music and other north-african music , such as Mali, Morocco, Algeria and some parts of Senegal ...




before i end .. thanks to u Ezanee for the reference ... and hope this series will last ...

thats all for today ...


peace and hope you can enjoy these ...

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