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george abyad quiz

yonhorizon - 11-15-2013 at 11:45 AM

Merhaba,
Does anybody knows , the composer of the semai,
That george abyad is playing on track 02 -beyati , on the album "oud taksims"?
Or sheet music of that, would be nice =)
Thanks alot

John Erlich - 11-18-2013 at 02:50 PM

That track can be found here: http://www.mikeouds.com/playlist/playlist.cgi The piece, or at least an excerpt is at the beginnin of the track. I don't recognize it, myself.

Brian Prunka - 11-18-2013 at 03:06 PM

It is Semai Ussak, by Aziz Dede.

John Erlich - 11-18-2013 at 05:39 PM

Assuming Ustad Brian has ID'ed it correctly, I am attaching the first of 3 sheet music versions.

John Erlich - 11-18-2013 at 05:40 PM

Second

NOTE: See Brian Prunka's comment, below. This is a differnt piece. [JE]

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John Erlich - 11-18-2013 at 05:41 PM

Third

John Erlich - 11-18-2013 at 05:51 PM

OK...the fourth installment in the "trilogy" (If Douglas Adams can do, so can I!)

Brian Prunka - 11-18-2013 at 08:18 PM

The second one is a different Semai (it says Salih Dede), but the other three are the correct one.

I transcribed a number of versions when putting my book together, and came across an alternate version of Khana II as well (only used by some Arabic performers).