wally1212 - 4-4-2015 at 09:50 PM
Hi all!
I was wondering if anyone can help me out by identifying the person playing this taqasim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifgclvBsU_c
One of the comments says that it is Farid El Atrash playing this taqasim. I kind of doubt it because it really is different from anything I've heard
from him, especially around the 2:25 mark where some very unfamiliar phrasing is taking place. However, I am no Farid expert so if anyone can confirm
or deny this I would appreciate it.
Also, does it seem like this track is being sped up?
Thanks 
BRAINOUD974 - 4-5-2015 at 12:05 AM
Hi,
I Think it's Ibrahim Hobiyaqa (or Hobyeqa) in arbic: ابراهيم حبيقة
Yours
Masel - 4-5-2015 at 01:39 AM
wow nice!
Masel - 4-5-2015 at 01:42 AM
i haven't heard of him but i think brian is right, listen to this taqsim (labeled maqam ushaq) by hobiyaqa, the recording and playing style sound very
similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp4NhdhALDY
Jody Stecher - 4-5-2015 at 09:43 AM
His style is similar to that of the mysterious Zakaria Suleyman.
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=14843#pid10...
compare the Rast of ZS with the ushaq of IH. the pitch is exactly the same and the use of risha is the same and the slides up to the high octave of
nawa (at the junction of neck and body) is similar as is the full bell-like quality of the tone at high pitch even when slowed down and the pitch
lowered (yes, this recording is sped up a bit).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhqLLhpEGuo&feature=youtu.be
if Ibrahim Hobiyaqa and Zakaria Suleyman are not one and the same perhaps they have learned from the same person or one is teacher and one is student.
Or they are brothers. :-)
here is the ZS hizaz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3-litnOW2U&feature=youtu.be
Back to the original post of this thread and the oudist identified as Ibrahim Hobiyaqa: on my monitor there are no comments at all on the youtube page
so I don't see one saying this player is Farid Al Atrash. At any rate, he is someone else with a different touch.
wally1212 - 4-5-2015 at 03:29 PM
Thanks Brandioud!
Yes Masel, that ushaq taqseem is very similar to the bayati one, so it would seem that we might have found our culprit though the similarities between
these and the hijaz/rast taqseem by Zakariya Sulieman that Jody posted are uncanny, especially the way they make use of the gliss. At any rate, I'm
glad I've been introduced to two (or perhaps one ) very incredible players.
Thanks all!