these were all elements I knew were present in Arabic music but I would not have known how to separate or explain them this way. An important characteristic of Arabic music as far as I understand it is the use of quarter tones, so I'm wondering about the decision not to include that. Too complex for the non-musically trained?
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Andrea Muraskin
Posted on December 09, 2010 at 06:33 PM | Permalink
great job
these were all elements I knew were present in Arabic music but I would not have known how to separate or explain them this way. An important characteristic of Arabic music as far as I understand it is the use of quarter tones, so I'm wondering about the decision not to include that. Too complex for the non-musically trained?
La Fran
Posted on October 25, 2010 at 04:42 PM | Permalink
I love it!
This is extremely informative, thank you! Is it possible that a transcript can be made available? I'd like to see the spelling of some of these words