Putting the blue note back into the blues, Faux Blues on Persian Setar

[ctimur]

please don't do this again. why did you want to make this beautiful instrument involved within american harmony? let americans try to play your micro intervals =)

[goodcyrus]

@ctimur More complaints please. That is what I need. Btw, there is no harmony in this monophonic piece. Also note the video title and description. The Persian micro tones are used here to show the possible historical root of such intervals in blues beginning from Africa.

[ctimur]

@goodcyrus well... the monophony in this "piece" suggests a harmony. it's all about chord suggestions. that's why, you even can't call it monophony =)

[goodcyrus]

@ctimur Does monophony always suggest a harmony or only here? Then what harmony is suggested in middle eastern music with 340 cent intervals (note, they are not quarter tones and surely not micro-tones)

[ctimur]

@goodcyrus you misunderstood me. what you play here in this video, is a monophonic line, yes. but it suggest a harmony, because you play notes of blues chord progressions.

[ctimur]

@goodcyrus also, if you focus on some makams, you will see that they also suggest harmony but in a different way. but it's more time-stretched than in western music, and that's why it's trancing not only in rhythm but also in 'harmony'.

for example, a basic and simple presentation of the hicaz makam is actually a plagal cadence within itself. it's maybe better to call it as "registral harmony" in another way. it's all about tetra/penta chords' full, plagal or deceptive cadences.

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[DustyPeople1]

I'm building one of these from a cigar box as the body and maple as the neck and eyebolts as tuners. I'm going to add a jiwari and play the strings with mizrabs to give it a more sitar sound. Any Idea where to find strings for this instrument?

[goodcyrus]

@DustyPeople1 Did you make one? Video please! ;^)

[loclynn]

great work

[kamancheh]

Very nice . Nothing fake about that jam. From the heart !

[peybak]

Setareh no, mobarak. I finally made that video on fine tuners. I'll post it as a response to your older video.

[NimaSun]

nice..

[filsoofimusic]

that's a nice setar

[goodcyrus]

It doesn't have a delicate sound though. That's why I hardly play it. Also the short neck on this, along with the other long neck setar, really confuses my fingering habits. So i end up getting the wrong fret on all my instruments.

[natrajkumari]

the lack of a delicate sound on this setar makes it perfect for this type of playing though. when i play blues on my setar, it doesn't have the sound it needs like this one does. but i can see where the neck would be a problem. it's still a pretty piece, regardless.

[goodcyrus]

Please post a video response. That would be interesting.

[alirezamt]

kheyli mamnoon. faghat khub mishod bishtar tozih bedid dar morede kooke saaz va nahveye mezrab zadan va... ke baraye adamaaye mobtadi mesle man bishtar ghabele fahm mishod.