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Duduk + harmonica
Duduk + harmonica
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J-Sin
22 posts
Oct 10, 2010
7:44 AM
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Greetings from Istanbul, where I'm privileged to live, study and explore the music scene for the next 4 months or so. I had a warm welcome to the music life one night, a midnight jam with a duduk player who just heard me play on the street and joined. Check out this (street-quality) footage from my new photoblog:
http://kalabalik.tumblr.com/
And please don't be too judgemental, after a few Turkish drinks you feel like King no matter what you play, and judging myself afterwards it's not good playing. Still I think it's something that would be interesting to try again under better circumstances. I bought a duduk the next day.
Interestingly, if you listen to traditional armenian duduk music you will always hear two duduks, other playing the melody and the other playing just one borduna note. I didn't know that when we played, but we are kind of doing that, although the roles change after a while...
For professional duduk music, check out Djivan Gasparyan.
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Last Edited by on Oct 10, 2010 7:46 AM
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tookatooka
1799 posts
Oct 10, 2010
7:55 AM
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Interesting. Is the Duduk a reeded instrument? Sounds a bit like a clarinet.
Don't worry I just checked and they are reed instruments. They look fun but the players I watched look as though they have to blow pretty hard. They all had the swollen trumpet players cheeks look.
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Last Edited by on Oct 10, 2010 8:01 AM
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apskarp
342 posts
Oct 10, 2010
9:49 PM
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I liked the atmosphere on that vid. I also loved the pictures on that site.
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isaacullah
1193 posts
Oct 11, 2010
4:49 PM
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That was pretty cool J-Sin. I remember the first time I was in Egypt and I came across a guy playing the Arghul (very similar to the Duduk, except it has double pipes, making it sound more like the bagpipes). I thought it was the coolest thing I'd ever heard. Since then I've seen Duduks, Mijwiz's, Nays, and bag pipes while working over in Jordan. It's always cool. What's cooler is that you had the opportunity (and skillz) to play with one of those cats! Very cool! I hope to see more video of your musical experiences in Istanbul!
Cheers,
Isaac
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