Sometimes you get bored of sama'i, then you find Simon Shaheen playing something like this. I love the first khana, and the last khana, not to mention
a great taqasim after the last khana
Great share, I've never seen this one before. Just beautiful!!! Perfect.mavrothis - 1-9-2014 at 08:15 AM
He really is an excellent performer, completely at ease.hussamd - 1-9-2014 at 09:09 AM
I have been watching some of his videos. He is a true master with the oud. Thanks for sharing.Microber - 1-9-2014 at 12:23 PM
Hi Bulerias,
1. Never bored with samais !!!
2. Strange that you post this today. I am precisely studying it now. But I know another recording that I've found on a record of the cellist Maya
Beiser. She has invited Simon Shaheen to play with her that "Samai Nahawand".
But there is something weird : the first khanat is not the same. And they play it starting from Do.
You can listen to the entire rendition here.
Robertbulerias1981 - 1-10-2014 at 08:19 AM
I forget to mention this is Simon's composition Microber - 1-10-2014 at 08:23 AM
So, he has decided to change the first khanat.
And I agree with you John, the first khanat he plays in the video is better.
RobertBrian Prunka - 1-10-2014 at 03:43 PM
I think the video is from Haifa in 2007 . . . the other recording is older. He decided to change the 1st khana, much for the better IMO.ameer - 1-10-2014 at 11:16 PM
I agree. The new version has a much more introductory/expository air to it. For a long time I thought the old version was an incomplete recording
because that first khana felt a little sudden.Jack_Campin - 1-12-2014 at 10:20 AM
I've never seen an oud with asymmetric secondary soundholes like that before. Who made it and what does it do?Microber - 1-12-2014 at 10:58 AM
My mistake. I was looking at 1:31 where the microphone gets in the way, and with that frame round it, looks like a hole in the oud with a simple
knotwork border.bulerias1981 - 1-12-2014 at 11:42 AM
Those sound holes are symmetrical, have played it before
