Thank you very much! Indeed, I studied with an ethnomusicologist specialized in the music of the Middle East and Magreb. We played some traditional pieces like Samai Bayati or Lamma Bada (by the way, the Taksim of Pùpa Pùpa is very inspired by Lamma Bada). The difficulty in these pieces is the position of the beats and weak beats in the rhythm which can destabilize when one is used to the Occidental rhythm. But normally, I followed the traditional Samai rhythm as best I could.
The only element that I could not render correctly in the piece of Pùpa Pùpa is the maqâm. This is the "modality" used in these pieces and these oriental modes have quarter tones. Unfortunately, for lack of time, I did not succeed in finding the way to integrate the quarter tones in the piece...
But apart from that, the piece meets the criteria of the Samai as well as possible.
21 pieces in one week! Ok some are variations of some but all are so well done! And the instrument sounds are really clean. Out of curiosity, how did you get that guitar sound in Evening's Reflection?
Very nice pieces, the sound is really clean and the atmosphere is very convincing! The sound of the piano is not bad at all, yet I am very critical on it! I will have to try Pianoteq too... Thank you!
I feel that the music tells us a story and we can imagine the images we could put in it. The voice gives a folk/exotic atmosphere and so the music sounds really like a Rhapsody and it's really cool!
I really like the mood of the different music and how the theme is reworked to give a completely different feel and atmosphere. I especially liked the retro - rock style in the Runaway Main Theme!
