Rebetostar... Iam sorry if I may have driven you away with my coments on the fringe ethnic stores etc... I wasnt trying to offend you. but here is
what I have to say..
I feel as though westerners that get introduced to arabic musical instruments dont understand the musical qualities and the music that is played by
those instruments. Iam not blaming them its absolutely normal... how else could they know if all they have is the information from those "ethnic
stores" and drum circles. What is a shame is that there induced in error and get the wrong idea of arabic music.
It should be tought that arabic music is concidered by middle easterners to be of the same level(or higher) as western classical music. It takes many
years of training and tallent to reach the level of a professional concert musician. There are arabic music concervatories and there education program
is verry extensive. For example the derbakeh (tabla) is a verry complex instruement and the performance degree offered in the conservatoire of the
lebanese university can be up to 7 years according to a friend who was a student there. That is a lot of time to learn how to play percussions.
There are proper techniques and many details to be mastered.
So when I see a ill informed player banging away on his tabla... I cant help but to guide them in the good direction. Its for the benefit of everyone
to make sure that the information you have is correct when taking up an instrument that isnt of your own culture. You will really sink in the soul of
the instrument and the people of that other culture will respect you for taking the time and effort to learn the instrument properly.
So.. your here at the right place if you want to learn... there is a whole lot of information... the forrum has been going on for more then 3 years go
trough the different topics from the begining you will find a wealth of information. Enjoy the journey.
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