Frédéric Sarter (Peredovitch) · @peredovitch
93 followers · 181 posts · Server oc.todon.frJasser Haj Youssef (from #Tunisia), playing a #traditional #improvisation of #taqsîm & #muashshah on the viola d'amore at a #UNESCO conference in Paris, with Youssef Hbeisch (#percussions):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH4YUwtfIhE
#forgottenistruments #violadamore #orientalmusic #classical #arabicmusic #maqâm #modalmusic
#tunisia #traditional #improvisation #taqsîm #muashshah #unesco #percussions #forgottenistruments #violadamore #orientalmusic #classical #arabicmusic #maqâm #ModalMusic
Frédéric Sarter (Peredovitch) · @peredovitch
93 followers · 180 posts · Server oc.todon.frBut there's a life (and love) for the #violadamore even outside the (relative) niche of #Baroque music... Like the violin or viola, it's a #fretless instrument, which means that beyond the standards of #Western #music, it can easily play any mode or scale such as #Oriental ones. #Tunisian #musician and #musicologist Jasser Haj Youssef, for example, has "imported" the viola d'amore to the art of the #maqâm, using the sympathetic strings to create a richer, deeper sound:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNm7GEvb768
#violadamore #baroque #fretless #western #music #oriental #tunisian #musician #musicologist #maqâm