bulerias1981
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Bored with sama'i??
Sometimes you get bored of sama'i, then you find Simon Shaheen playing something like this. I love the first khana, and the last khana, not to mention
a great taqasim after the last khana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv6CnxngX2Q
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majnuunNavid
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Great share, I've never seen this one before. Just beautiful!!! Perfect.
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mavrothis
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He really is an excellent performer, completely at ease.
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hussamd
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I have been watching some of his videos. He is a true master with the oud. Thanks for sharing.
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Microber
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Hi Bulerias,
1. Never bored with samais !!!
2. Strange that you post this today. I am precisely studying it now. But I know another recording that I've found on a record of the cellist Maya
Beiser. She has invited Simon Shaheen to play with her that "Samai Nahawand".
But there is something weird : the first khanat is not the same. And they play it starting from Do.
You can listen to the entire rendition here.
Robert
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bulerias1981
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I forget to mention this is Simon's composition
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Microber
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So, he has decided to change the first khanat.
And I agree with you John, the first khanat he plays in the video is better.
Robert
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Brian Prunka
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I think the video is from Haifa in 2007 . . . the other recording is older. He decided to change the 1st khana, much for the better IMO.
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I agree. The new version has a much more introductory/expository air to it. For a long time I thought the old version was an incomplete recording
because that first khana felt a little sudden.
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Jack_Campin
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I've never seen an oud with asymmetric secondary soundholes like that before. Who made it and what does it do?
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Microber
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??? Where ???
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Jack_Campin
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My mistake. I was looking at 1:31 where the microphone gets in the way, and with that frame round it, looks like a hole in the oud with a simple
knotwork border.
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bulerias1981
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Those sound holes are symmetrical, have played it before
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