munir bashir -- flying bird

[Babillonia]

I saw Munir Bashir playing the Opera of Paris in 1976 and it was great :).

[ZeitOner]

Wait, are these compositions all based on Western scales and conventions? Will someone who knows help? Thanks :)

[hariskrijestorac]

It sounds so big, I can't believe its less than 2.5 minutes long!

[irooniazari]

yes, he was awesome and he also influenced a lot of oud players. I used to play that piece.

[wang0fett]

i wish i could see him play in real life

[sentiment007]

@wang0fett

he`s did 6 years ago ,,

[lasing81]

mmmm

[wfenio]

This guy is an amazing musician!

[Desrinify]

Arab music is read by right to left or left to right?

[keeelane]

they use western notation

[Desrinify]

were can I find the tabs for this

[MahirJabbar89]

coooooool

[melos24]

Why not?

[Mariekesone]

Unbelievable..

[Yeahdan23]

and the "kurdish" song, Ez Kevokem, type it in youtube, it has a pic of a old guy, that is his song and he playing in the song, but he gave it to a kurd.

[Yeahdan23]

yes he is assyrian

[Freedom544]

@Yeahdan23 will you stop with this crap already

[LanangYogya]

Awesome!!!! He's Maestro!!!

[thpeter]

I have what is perhaps a silly question, but is Munir Bashir considered one of the masters of the oud? I've watched a few videos of him playing and find him to be an absolutely amazing musician! thank you for sharing.

[raniam11]

oh ya, he most definitely is

[abozobben]

ممتاااااز

[jopsidudel]

where can i get the audio recordings of this great piece?

[IraqOldSongs]

go to munir Bashir WIKI, i think they have a link to World Music Store.

[jopsidudel]

wiki is wikipedia?

[IraqOldSongs]

yes,, i try to find it for you the next days,,i cant really remeber where i found that WEB then..i let you know..

[jopsidudel]

thank u very much.... love mounir bashir....

[IraqOldSongs]

Try the BBC arabic radio.

[jopsidudel]

thank u... i will try it....

[noooot25]

simply the master..........

[kingebada]

صدقت

[yahyaanderson]

Although I dont remember the composer, El-Asfour El-Tayer is considered one of the most important and difficult Oud pieces ever, A show of absolute skill, virtuosity & Ability....This is Mounir Bashir after all

[elbik1980]

I have the printed version of "oud method" of Şerif Muhiddin Targan, which contains all of his compositions anda this piece doesn't exist there. But I can say that the style of composition is absolutely inherited from Targan (which is perfectly normal under those conditions!)

[zihgir]

it's a Serif Muhiddin Targan composition... His Oud Teacher, and grandson of Prophet Mohammed(S.A.V.)

[skalatka]

this is 100% munir bashir composition .

[mahmadel]

to Zihgir

just leave your Prophit a side

this is Munir Basheer 100%

[Hfarah31]

@zihgir doesnt really matter since this song's genius lies with its technique and not its notes

[ZeitOner]

@Hfarah31 Without notes there is no technique. Without technique there are no notes.

[Hfarah31]

@ZeitOner sure... but all im saying is that musically this song has nothing interesting. it just goes up and down a minor scale and various chromatic scales. Where its beauty lies is in its insanely hard to master technique that not a lot of oud players can pull off.

[ZeitOner]

@Hfarah31 I see what you mean about appreciating the technique. I suppose you are listening to it from the performative aspect. Of course I can't argue about the composition while you argue about its transcription or performance. Agreed, the technique is great for this.

I don't however agree that the song has nothing interesting. What you said would be like criticizing Flight of the Bumble Bee for going up and down the chromatic scale.

[la3foo]

THX uploader  :)

[yeepster]

the 2 Iraqi brothers, Jamil and Munir Bashir are truly legend Laut players..good peace of music,,thnx for the clip

[adilzahrani]

the best ..

[Born2Flamnenco]

Thank you so MUCH uploader!

[Karl998]

Awesome.