COOL STUFF #3
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of the instruments that I enjoyed listening to in class was the Oud. It sounds
similar to a guitar but is smaller and more portable. I liked that some of them
came with beautiful designs on the back of. I decided to try to find any female
oud players and I found this video on a bbc article. Every year they name 100 influential
and inspirational women around the world. Dalia Sabry was named amongst these women,
she is a blind oud player who found her self through music and I really enjoyed
watching the video and it was really cool getting to see her play the oud. I
found it beautiful that she found comfort in music and in the oud.
I
also ran into this trio while researching the oud. They are a trio playing Arab
instruments, they are playing the oud, the darbuka (the drum), and the ney. I
thought it was neat because I remember talking about the ney in class and the
oud. I liked that they each take turns playing the instruments because you can
really hear each sound.
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last one is my favorite one. I was doing research on sitar and wanted to see
what kind of music or songs it has been played in and one of the songs that
came up was Norwegian Woods by the Beatles!! I got so excited because I love
that song I love the Beatles and I love George Harrison. I never noticed the
sitar or maybe I did but I didn’t know what that really cool sound was haha.
I really loved your first two videos. I love Arab instruments because they're just so cool! The way the Oud, Ney, and Darbuka sound together makes me happy! I'm not a huge Beatles fan, but I did love the intro to Norwegian Woods.
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I loved that you brought up the Beetles in this blog! I grew to have so much respect for them and their many styles after Dr. Berrys class!
ReplyDeleteI also love the song Norwegian Wood and it is so cool to learn that it makes use of the sitar. I knew that the instrumentals sounded different than typical Western sounds and that The Beatles experimented with Eastern sounds and concepts, but didn't specifically know about George Harrison's use of the sitar before this class.
ReplyDeleteI really loved the song you had posted on the sitar. It is one of the most pleasant sounding instruments. A lot of women learnt to play them during the 1990s.
ReplyDeleteI like the video with the trio. The oud is a neat instrument, it has a cool sound that I think sounds cool.
ReplyDeleteOh, the story about Dalia Sabry is just wonderful! You know, it's fairly common across the globe for music to be a real outlet and often-ties profession for the visually-disabled. For instance, in the US singing the blues was one of the few ways a blind black man could make a living during the early-mid 20th century. Once you start listing off even the most famous of names (Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, etc.), it becomes really obvious.
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