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Oud Blues Quintet

ALAMI - 3-9-2007 at 12:02 PM

Brian Nadav from Philadelphia:

"I have been working on some original music, shining a new light on the Oud, bridging middle eastern music with the blues. I find many similarities between these styles, the bend in the blues is closley related to the quatertones or microtones that are easily played on the Oud"


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zalzal - 3-9-2007 at 01:18 PM

And he continues:
"When i first began experimenting with the Oud, having no knowledge of Maqmat (Arabic/middle eastern modal system) a bluesy sound emerged."

More or less like Attab Haddad
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who says
“Flamenco’s like a bridge between the West and the Middle East."

excentrik - 3-9-2007 at 01:56 PM

sorry. I aint feeling Brian. Thats the "hippy" thing I was talking about in an earlier post. He can use the word Maqam all he wants- there is no relationship to them what so ever. Actually, this kinda thing really annoys me.

tarik:mad: