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

Shows fake blues played on a persian setar and the use of the persian blue note in blues. A 340 cent interval between the minor and major 3rds.

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[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)

[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! ;^)

[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.

best

[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.

[loclynn]

great work

[goodcyrus]

Please post a video response. That would be interesting.