MatthewW - 2-20-2014 at 10:03 AM
Came across an interesting clip of what appears to be a design built on the medieval lute or early oud. Apparently early ouds did have frets. The man
is playing it with what looks like a risha, and the music does start out sounding similiar to an oud taqsim before it moves into more European
medieval sounding music.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXqrbOMsdU&list=FLkRA6ZiRWGeaSd...
Jack_Campin - 2-20-2014 at 04:40 PM
Looks more like a lavta.
The earlier pieces are vaguely familiar but I can't put a name to them. The piece he finishes with is "Stella Splendens" from the Llibre Vermell of
Montserrat. It's usually played like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lw8nH6dQIo
The folk scene has adopted it, hence this sorta folk-rock version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYbObyc9dQk
Or even a kind of gothic-heavy-metal version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2oNLGw3IMw
Whatever, I think it really needs the text. All of those have stunning singers who put all they've got into it.