Maqam Ajam is one of beautiful maqams, It has happy mode. That's why most of the "Happy" songs is from this maqam.
Examples for Maqam Ajam is "Happy Birth day", "Faatit Gambinah ..for AbdulHaleem", "Mosh ana el Abky .. for Moh.Abdulwahhab"," Taal3ah Min Beet Abooha
for Nathem AL-ghazali".
I would love to hear your comments and your taqsims. And if you have any songs or taqsims for maqam Ajam, please send it ....
Thanks
Beas.One - 10-5-2007 at 08:20 AM
Here is a recording I did back in March. I have improved much since then, but thought it would be nice to post.
That's really nice taqsim and nice oud sound .... Let's hear your new records.
Come on guys, please more records or songs.
Thanks
Ajam taqsim
dubai244 - 10-6-2007 at 09:20 AM
Hi Guys,
Here is my taqsim in Ajam or "Do" major with Yaroub Moh.Fadel oud. I hope you like it.
ThanksGreg - 10-6-2007 at 10:43 PM
Awesome Beas.One - 10-7-2007 at 10:06 AM
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.Beas.One - 10-7-2007 at 10:09 AM
I enjoyed how you began in Ajam (or whatever name you want to call it by) and near the end brought in some quarter-tones and moved back to Ajam.dubai244 - 10-8-2007 at 07:09 AM
Here is taqsim with my Samir Azaar Buzuq, i hope you like it. I would love to see comments and your records.
ThanksBeas.One - 10-8-2007 at 07:34 PM
Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb.dubai244 - 10-10-2007 at 07:00 AM
hellow ........... any body there ....... !!SamirCanada - 10-10-2007 at 07:26 AM
I will pitch in this week.
Dont worry.
but you should make this page on the main ouds oudspage that way more people get to see it.
its a bit hidden in here.dubai244 - 10-11-2007 at 01:00 AM
Thanks Samir, i am doing my best to keep it in main page.
Any records from you, Samir?dubai244 - 10-11-2007 at 01:09 AM
its one of my old rec on my fuad jihad's oud and sorry for the bad transfer frm md to pcdubai244 - 10-20-2007 at 09:29 PM
Hellow .... any body there .....
OK... here's one
LeeVaris - 10-21-2007 at 08:46 AM
I haven't posted anything in a while but here is something a little different in Ajam. This is a traditional Irish melody I got off a Chieftans record
calle "The Sea Nymph"dubai244 - 10-21-2007 at 08:58 AM
Wow, winderfull playing, LeeVaris. And nice oud sound too, is it Faruk?!
Oud
LeeVaris - 10-21-2007 at 06:02 PM
That's my sandwich top oud from Jameel! A really great instrument – beautiful sound and beautiful to look at. Jameel keeps getting better – I
can't wait to see and hear Mike's new oud!dubai244 - 10-22-2007 at 03:26 AM
Hi,
Indian Raga - Indian Ajam By indian sitar. I would love to learn how they play is instrument.
Maqam Ajam and its related modulation - Related "Maqams"-. I thought it is important to introduce the Maqams which can be played from Maqam Ajam,
specially for the people who like taksims.
Anyway, I would like to hear from you guys, Maqam Ajam and its related maqams. I will be waiting for you records, guys.
Thanksdubai244 - 10-27-2007 at 09:28 AM
Hello,
I assumed every body busy .......
thanksdubai244 - 10-29-2007 at 08:49 AM
hello ........ ??!!
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dubai244 - 10-29-2007 at 11:38 PM
Hi Guys,
tomorrow will be last day of this mounth and this Maqam presentation. I hope you learned some thing from it. I tried my best to present this maqam in
very simple way so every body can understand it with great examples of this maqam.
I would like to thank following people for thier great contributions:
Beas.One, Greg, SamirCanada, Cyberquills, fyenix, LeeVaris.
Finally, here is my taksim with my Faruk oud, for Ajam maqam and its modulations and maqam which can be played from it. I tried to make it in one
sound record. Enjoy.
Thanks
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Marvellous !!!!!!
Greg - 10-30-2007 at 04:13 AM
Dubai, that was simply marvellous. You are a wonderful player and an inspiration to us all. I can't wait to hear what you have in store for us next
month
Sincere thanks,
GregSamirCanada - 10-31-2007 at 05:31 AM
wow... that was spectacular.MatthewW - 11-1-2007 at 02:52 PM
dubai, not only does your Faruk oud sound lovely, but your playing as well. I'm curious my friend, are you self-taught or did you have some good
teachers along the way? sometimes the rest of us don't get around to posting a clip of maqam of the month for different reasons, maybe too lazy, maybe
too busy, maybe we enjoy listening to the takes, and maybe guys like you and Samir are a hard act to follow! dubai244 - 11-2-2007 at 02:13 AM
Matthew,
Thanks for the nice words Matthew.
I play oud since i was 11 years old. Now i am 29 years old. Almost 18 years. I have been taught by a music teacher for one year, when i was 17 years
old. I learned from Him "Inverted" Risha and "Position" Techniq - Positions of the fingers deep along the neck of the oud-. and little bit of music
notes.
I listen to every thing that's important, from all around the world. I dont have limit for that.Starting with arabic, turkish, greece, indian music
and end up with Paco De Lucia, Julian William and Mozart and Chopin. I listen to all "Strings" music instrument, i dont limit myself to just oud.
So from this combinations, this how i learned play oud. It is hobby by the way. not as profestion
ThanksMatthewW - 11-2-2007 at 06:03 AM
thanks dubai for sharing a bit about your oud playing. I haven't heard of 'inverted' risha technique...can you tell us more about this interesting
sounding technique?SamirCanada - 11-2-2007 at 06:47 AM
listen to munir bashir
he is the main exponent of the Risha al Maqluba.
or inverted risha.
do a search its somewhere in the forum where it was explained pretty good.MatthewW - 11-2-2007 at 07:19 AM
hey Samir thanks for the tip. I did a search and found this link on inverted risha in case anyone else would like to check it out- http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=3455#pid229...
I discovered that I have been using 'inverted risha' technique, (up/down and tremelo). I just wasn't aware it was referred to as inverted, or Risha al
Maqluba! All I got to do now is get it sounding like Naseer!
Lee Varis- Sea Nymph
Ararat66 - 7-12-2008 at 11:05 AM
Just been browsing through past stuff and heard this by Lee - really beautiful and sounds completely right on the oud. Sometimes I hear stuff played
on oud that to me is at odds with the instrument's nature, often from more 'Western' musical structures ... this isn't one of them.
