Re: New Music is Uploaded

Dear Shaahin,

Please let me congratulate you on your Rebellious.mp3. I love the
texture and use of fourths and fifths, as well as the usual creative
instrumentation.

Your tuning has gotten me very interested in some fine points about
the tuning of Dastgah Segah, as well as practical application of this
to the radif. The highlighted steps in your explanation of the 120-EDL
tuning look like a very idiomatic tuning set for Shur Dastgah, and I
found something rather similar in the tuning I'm using -- which helped
me to recognize that, speaking in a very free sense, the place where I
found this might be called the _rast kuk_ for Shur in this tuning on
synthesizer.

It's fascinating that although I don't have your musical talent or
skill with textures, yet your pieces inspire me to look into Persian
music more deeply and to learn more about the radif. I have lots of
questions, some of which might be best for private e-mail, at least
until I compose some pieces which I could post here based on these new
directions.

Above all, I'd like to emphasize the dynamic and exciting qualities of
this piece -- as usual.

Peace and love,

Margo

i would like to add for those not familiar with Degah, there is the Al sur label
Raif -Volume iii performed by Dariush Tala'i -Setar
which is well worth picking up!

Margo Schulter wrote:
> Dear Shaahin,
>
> Please let me congratulate you on your Rebellious.mp3. I love the
> texture and use of fourths and fifths, as well as the usual creative
> instrumentation.
>
> Your tuning has gotten me very interested in some fine points about
> the tuning of Dastgah Segah, as well as practical application of this
> to the radif. The highlighted steps in your explanation of the 120-EDL
> tuning look like a very idiomatic tuning set for Shur Dastgah, and I
> found something rather similar in the tuning I'm using -- which helped
> me to recognize that, speaking in a very free sense, the place where I
> found this might be called the _rast kuk_ for Shur in this tuning on
> synthesizer.
>
> It's fascinating that although I don't have your musical talent or
> skill with textures, yet your pieces inspire me to look into Persian
> music more deeply and to learn more about the radif. I have lots of
> questions, some of which might be best for private e-mail, at least
> until I compose some pieces which I could post here based on these new
> directions.
>
> Above all, I'd like to emphasize the dynamic and exciting qualities of
> this piece -- as usual.
>
> Peace and love,
>
> Margo
>
>
>
>
>
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/index.html>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main/index.asp> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

i would like to add for those not familiar with Segah, there is on the Al Sur label
Raif -Volume iii performed by Dariush Tala'i -Setar
ALCD 118
M7 853
which is well worth picking up!

Margo Schulter wrote:
> Dear Shaahin,
>
> Please let me congratulate you on your Rebellious.mp3. I love the
> texture and use of fourths and fifths, as well as the usual creative
> instrumentation.
>
> Your tuning has gotten me very interested in some fine points about
> the tuning of Dastgah Segah, as well as practical application of this
> to the radif. The highlighted steps in your explanation of the 120-EDL
> tuning look like a very idiomatic tuning set for Shur Dastgah, and I
> found something rather similar in the tuning I'm using -- which helped
> me to recognize that, speaking in a very free sense, the place where I
> found this might be called the _rast kuk_ for Shur in this tuning on
> synthesizer.
>
> It's fascinating that although I don't have your musical talent or
> skill with textures, yet your pieces inspire me to look into Persian
> music more deeply and to learn more about the radif. I have lots of
> questions, some of which might be best for private e-mail, at least
> until I compose some pieces which I could post here based on these new
> directions.
>
> Above all, I'd like to emphasize the dynamic and exciting qualities of
> this piece -- as usual.
>
> Peace and love,
>
> Margo
>
>
>
>
>
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Kraig Grady
North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/index.html>
The Wandering Medicine Show
KXLU <http://www.kxlu.com/main/index.asp> 88.9 FM Wed 8-9 pm Los Angeles

Dear Shaahin,

Please let me share many congratulations on Polymicro-3!

It is a tender, yearning, and playful piece from beginning to
end. There is a special delicacy and delight which I cannot quite put
into words, but I love.

There was a cadence around 2:12 that sounded very familiar to me,
maybe classical 12th-13th century European -- but very nice, in any
event.

A lot of what I'm doing now is starting to learn the radif, something
which I know people spend many years in doing. Thank you for your
music in many styles, a tribute to the people of Iran and all the
people of the world.

By the way, I am having fun imagining how at some point Baran and
Annika might play in an ensemble. I wonder who might sing, or play tar
or santur.

Peace and love,

Margo