I am here to give you your weekly addition of me, Bella Monster with my new favorite thing. An Arabian Adventure is playing this week at PST! This is a tale of a Persian Prince imprisoned for his love of a beautiful princess who must stop at nothing to save her from a terrible fate. The soundtrack for the show is traditional Middle Eastern music that transports you to another time and place entirely new. Join me on this adventure!An Arabian Adventure
Aug 1, 2012 - Aug 4, 2012
The music is hypnotizing and exotic. I wondered what made it so different from the music I am familiar with? My curiosity led me to my new favorite thing, Middle Eastern music! Here's what I learned. Traditional
Eastern music uses what is called, Maquams, melodic modes which are said to
evoke a different emotion in each listener. Each time we hear these maquams we all feel a different feeling, unique to who we are! Isn't that amazing that we can all hear the same sound but have a different feeling?
Our
music or Western music uses chords but traditional Eastern music will have one instrument carry
the melody while the others layer melody scraps or rhythm segments over it. When we
listen to this we are absorbing new musical rhythms, musical notes and melodies. Listen to the arabic instruments in this video below. How do these new sounds make you feel?
Here are some of the most popular instruments in traditional Middle Eastern music seen in the video.
Oud - A string instrument with 11 strings and no frets.
Riq- The Arabic tambourine.
Darbuka- A popular percussion instrument.
Ney - Resembles the flute in instrument and sound but is very difficult to play.
I can't wait to experience the exciting arabian tale this week at PST with the beautiful instruments I just learned about. Hope to see you there!
Love,
Bella Monster
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