Arab style music

ALIEN ANAL · 04.02.2007, 10:18 AM

Hey guys im trying to arab style sounding tunes to learn to teach me how to play it. Sort of like the stuff you hear in Killing an Arab by The Cure.

If anyone knows any cool bands that play with that style id love to hear some. Thanks

terminal pharmacy · 04.02.2007, 10:23 AM

perhaps say listen to some hossam ramzy

ALIEN ANAL · 04.02.2007, 10:31 AM

im thinking something more with guitars. I guess you could sort of say like NIRVANAs Love Buzz.

Glice · 04.02.2007, 01:01 PM

I would steer away from anything by non-Arabs. Get one of those 'beginners guide to the Oud' or something like that. You've asked an incredibly vague question, by the way, what with Arabic scales/ modes having as many interpolations as (so-called) 'Western' scales - my theory isn't great, and I don't have any of the records you mentioned, but I suspect that both are a mode of a natural minor rather than particularly 'Arabic'.

It's a big world. Check the 'world music' thread. Loads of shizzle in there.

jon boy · 04.02.2007, 02:22 PM

killing an arab is not arab music.

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 04.02.2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ALIEN ANAL

Hey guys im trying to arab style sounding tunes to learn to teach me how to play it. Sort of like the stuff you hear in Killing an Arab by The Cure.

Haha!

Everyneurotic · 04.02.2007, 05:36 PM

keep smoking pot until it sounds like you're doing it.

04.02.2007, 05:36 PM

As Glice already said, check out the world music thread where the 3/4 cats normally congregate. Plenty of shatteringly good music on there.

DJ Rick · 04.02.2007, 07:06 PM

I highly recommend the "Guitar Music from the Western Sahara" LP by Group Doueh, new on Sublime Frequencies. This is an amazing album of psychedelic music from northwest Africa, and it sounds probably like no guitar rock album you've ever heard. It's steeped in the traditional sounds of Western Sahara, but this Doueh dude got turned on to Hendrix and sounds of 60's psychedelia and developed this unique guitar style out of it.

Check this out...

http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/it...Western-Sahara

ALIEN ANAL · 04.02.2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by jon boy

killing an arab is not arab music.

if you noticed, i never directly said killing an arab is arab music. I said i was looking for arab 'style sounding' tunes, sure you can be a dick about it but you know what im looking for when i say that. I then said 'Sort of like the stuff you hear in Killing an Arab by The Cure.'

Jt · 04.02.2007, 10:13 PM

Alternatively, check out the first Savage Republic LP. It's pretty much exactly what you're asking for.

Norma J · 04.03.2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by jon boy

killing an arab is not arab music.

Yeah, I don't think there's anything Arabic about that song other than the lyrics "Killing an Arab". haha.

Torn Curtain · 04.03.2007, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Norma J

Yeah, I don't think there's anything Arabic about that song other than the lyrics "Killing an Arab". haha.

You're wrong, the song uses the Arabic scale ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_scale ).

DJ Rick · 04.03.2007, 01:30 PM

Does it really, though?

I can find all those notes with my minimal knowledge of natural minor scale.

I think it's the flamenco style that makes it seem a little bit Moorish.

Seconded on the recommendation of Savage Republic for Alien Anal. And not just the first album, although it is my favorite, too. All Savage Republic has that Middle East texture to it.

The guitarist Bruce Licher once told my friend that he restringed his guitar so that there were six of the same exact guage of string, and then he set each to a middle C. My friend tried it and told me that no matter what he did, it had the same chimey sound as a Savage Republic song. So I tried it, and guess what...IT WORKS!

Just playing random fretwork resulted in rad SR-style sounds.

Torn Curtain · 04.03.2007, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DJ Rick

Does it really, though?

I can find all those notes with my minimal knowledge of natural minor scale.

I think it's the flamenco style that makes it seem a little bit Moorish.

Yes, the solo uses the Arabic scale in the key of B. But it's true there's also a flamenco influence (notably in the E / F and A / Bb rythmic parts), probably because flamenco also uses augmented thirds.

DJ Rick · 04.03.2007, 03:37 PM

Okay, I can trust that!

HaydenAsche · 04.03.2007, 03:47 PM

Arab on Radar.

AllHandsOnTheBigOne · 04.03.2007, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by HaydenAsche

Arab on Radar.

Not to mention Arab Strap.

HaydenAsche · 04.03.2007, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by AllHandsOnTheBigOne

Not to mention Arab Strap.

How could I forget.

Also, pick up Belle & Sebastion - The Boy With The Arab Strap.

el duderino · 04.03.2007, 05:35 PM

you could try Secret Cheifs 3's latest 'Book of Horizons', thats got some amazing middle eastern stuff on there, provided you dont mind a bit of Mr Bungle-esque wierdness

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DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	I highly recommend the "Guitar Music from the Western Sahara" LP by Group Doueh, new on Sublime Frequencies. This is an amazing album of psychedelic music from northwest Africa, and it sounds probably like no guitar rock album you've ever heard. It's steeped in the traditional sounds of Western Sahara, but this Doueh dude got turned on to Hendrix and sounds of 60's psychedelia and developed this unique guitar style out of it. Check this out... http://www.sublimefrequencies.com/it...Western-Sahara __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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DJ Rick 100% Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Sacto (CA) Institute for Record Collection Scrutiny Posts: 817	Does it really, though? I can find all those notes with my minimal knowledge of natural minor scale. I think it's the flamenco style that makes it seem a little bit Moorish. Seconded on the recommendation of Savage Republic for Alien Anal. And not just the first album, although it is my favorite, too. All Savage Republic has that Middle East texture to it. The guitarist Bruce Licher once told my friend that he restringed his guitar so that there were six of the same exact guage of string, and then he set each to a middle C. My friend tried it and told me that no matter what he did, it had the same chimey sound as a Savage Republic song. So I tried it, and guess what...IT WORKS! Just playing random fretwork resulted in rad SR-style sounds. __________________ http://artforspastics.blogspot.com/
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