Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 I fully realize that for many of you, this is going to be strange music, and you won't care for it very much. But for a small percentage of you, you're going to find it utterly enthralling. I have a large collection of Ethiopian music, including one of the Ethiopian harp. But I'm not sure where to get Orthodox Tewahdo (Tewahedo) music. If anyone knows, please let me know. Enjoy: The bellsing of God Orthodox spiritual song, Begena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 http://www.voiceoftewahdo.org/ http://www.tewahedo.org/back22.html http://www.tewahedo.org/cart.html It indeed sounds strange ,weird , but I like it a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dean Roddey Posted November 17, 2007 Members Share Posted November 17, 2007 What time signature is that. It seems like everyone is in a different one, but it works out in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 What time signature is that. It seems like everyone is in a different one, but it works out in the end. It's sounds like 3/4 over 4/4 (the drums) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alfonso Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 very cool how the bass drum and the claps have an inverted position compared to the what we are used to, this gives a very strong feeling of everything walking on air, steady but spiritual....nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 The time signature is 12/8 and 9/8, and the clapping is african hemiola style. If you would set the time signature to 4/4 as elsongs said, then the solo voice and plucked harp plays triple time, the clapping duplet and the drum plays quarter notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 18, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 I'm so glad that you all seem to like this video. I have played it four times since I posted it here, and just can't seem to get enough of it, it's so beautiful. Thanks for the links, Boosh!!! Where'd you get those from? Or are you just better at Google than I am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 18, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 I did come across this, but the links don't work with RealPlayer:http://www.tewahedo.org/cart.html However, this other link is working because I can use WMA, presumably:http://www.tewahedo.org/back22.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted November 18, 2007 Members Share Posted November 18, 2007 The links both work with for me Ken, The Realplayer stuff also. And yup,.. I'm way better with Google The idea is to type in what you are looking for in the searchfield. Example : tewahedo music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members veracohr Posted November 19, 2007 Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 I used to work at a radio station where we had an Eritrean show. I really liked the snippet of song that the guy used for his intro, so I asked him where I could get it. He said he didn't know anywhere to get it, but he gave me a cassette of some other Eritrean music. It was cool for one or two listens, but after that I noticed that the beat and groove was the same in every song, and got kind of tired of it. I'm not sure if I've heard any Ethiopian music specifically, but I think it's kind of similar to Eritrean. After all, their cultures are very similar except for the fact that they hate each other, right? Actually, on second thought, we had an Ethiopian show too, I just don't remember the music they played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted November 19, 2007 Author Members Share Posted November 19, 2007 The cultures are extremely similar, as Eritrea split off, so yeah, you're absolutely right. My all time favorite Ethiopian music is easily "Ethiopiques 4". It sounds like jazz musicians playing snake charmer music. Seriously infectious. If that description sounds really great, you should go out of your way to try and hear it. It's soooo good. I've turned a lot of people on to that one, including a couple of DJs who have played the heck out of that on Los Angeles college radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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