Masel - 3-27-2009 at 04:08 AM
Here is another song, beautiful iraqi song called ala shawati dijla (on the banks of the tigris river):
http://www.box.net/shared/7lh670q2bc
hama - 3-27-2009 at 04:13 AM
very nice old Iraqi song Masel,
the oud sounds very nice( and you of course :----)) )
may i ask whic oud are u using??
Edward Powell - 3-27-2009 at 04:29 AM
wonderful!
you are using a lot of the masri sazkar tetrachord, no? do - re - mi1/4 - fa1/4
Masel - 3-27-2009 at 04:47 AM
Thanks alot, do you have tips for singers? I really need to learn to use my voice better it sounds awkward to me. The oud is Ali Khalifa built in 77,
before his sons took over.
Edward sorry to dissapoint you, theoretically the entire song is bayat, but I like slurring and sliding the notes, and I did in this song do it the
iraqi way - there is a slight sharpening of the F note, as an ornamentation not part of the scale (I play in bayat on D) so maybe you could say yes, I
don't know if I would. The iraqis use a similar ornamentation on Bb (the note ajam), which I also did in the taqsim before the song. Could you give an
audio example of this masri sazkar?
hama - 3-27-2009 at 06:16 AM
Hi Masel her is 2 versions of the song, i prefer the first one, hope you enjoy it ,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWn0w6Zd4BE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnpgOo1O0lA&feature=related
John Erlich - 5-8-2018 at 09:21 PM
I know this is an old string. I heard "Ala Shawati Dijla" again recently, performed by the composer's grandson/great-nephew. I thought there might
be a score of the song in the Iraqi folks songs book I posted about in the "CD & Book Reviews" forum. It is actually the first song in the book.
I don't know how accurate this score is; I haven't been that impressed with the other scores in the book.
Lyrics posted here: http://wwwallafblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2015/08/blog-post_14.html
Here is Salima Murad's version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XFvNKiUpHc
Enjoy!
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