Maggie Sansone - Evening Chai

"Evening Chai" by Maggie Sansone from her new recording Wind Drift: Celtic grooves and mystic moods. More info on www.maggiesmusic.com


Maggie Sansone (Hammered Dulcimer performer, teacher, and music producer) plays a Persian Improvisation showing tremulo and finger tap techniques on the Nick Blanton Forte Dulcimer.

From the musician.

This piece is performed on the hammered dulcimer and was improvised on the spot for this recording. The melody and rhythms are based on middle eastern dombek. It uses some Persian santur techniques in the hammering style-the use of finger dampening and tremolo. The scale is a middle eastern scale. Even the title is Persian Improvisation, It does not use Persian scales or tuning. The title is meant to inform the listener that its inspired by the musical traditions of the middle east and Persia, the Persian santur and the santoor from India. A few more of these improvisations performed on the hammered dulcimer can be heard on the recordings Mystic Dance and A Traveler's dream by Maggie Sansone.

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[NitTunisia]

Maggie is playing a hammered dulcimer. See the previous comments for more details.

[NitTunisia]

Thanks - I take lessons from Maggie (and shall never be as amazing as this). We hope to put some more up in the future - check back!

[RogueWolf711]

Is this a Santur being played?

[blackie60hon]

Maggie Sansone, the musician playing here says this composition and rhythms are based on and inspired by Arabic and Persian music -played on a Nick Blanton Forte Chromatic Hammered dulcimer with extra bridges and pedal dampers (long wooden bars with felt and operated with foot pedal).

[theceltickitten]

That sounded so awesome.

[rojinagoody2shoespcd]

we do not. ok i'm sorry for my comment but this is not really a persian improvisation. it has parts of it but if u look at ours its different and i don't find my comments offensive because i stated my opinion politley eventhough i did not get ragdoll's intension so don'tgive these comments to me because most persians are nice including me.

[rojinagoody2shoespcd]

hey i didn't say a bad thing i just said that not all persians play santur. he said persians should kno how to play it but he doesn't knowthat beside santur we also have other grat instruments its not all santur u know

[hmrdulcimer]

Ragdoll was honoring the fact that the modern hammered dulcimer originated in ancient Persia, as HD players know. We are fascinated by the sound of the santour. Nowhere did he/she imply any disrespect. Chill out.

[rojinagoody2shoespcd]

and by the way this is not a persian dulcimer ours looks different and has differnt structure and ours has 72 stings and this is not a persian hammered dulcimer.

[rojinagoody2shoespcd]

i just wanted to make it clear for you that not all persians like to play the santoor because we also have other great instruments like setar, tonbak, nay, khamancheh but i personally love santoor and i play santoor. so i rlly did not get your comment if like an instrument originated in your area do u expect all the people in your hometown to know how to play that instrument? i don't think so veryone has a different taste in music, so i don't think your comment even made sense

no harm feelings