[middle eastern] Kandahar Poppies (.mp3)

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I *think* this is final version of my 4th MOTU demo
- I will see what comments I get, if any.

This is a short, more or less middle eastern-ish piece using the Zurna tuning and Mark of the Unicorn Ethno 2 sample set in Sonar. I performed (and midi recorded) the bass, guitars, and bouzouki with my guitar via GR-20

Download it here

http://notonlymusic.com/board/download/file.php?id=360

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Notes as i'm listening...

Oh so acoustic!! Real instruments or reasonable facsimiles?

From a musical POV, this CAN'T be what real Pakistani music sounds like. Primitive to say the least! As if they are in the equivalent of the Renaissance, still yet to develop counterpoint rules or voice-leading technique. If it's supposed to sound improvised, then it succeeded. Normally i don't go for alternate tunings UNLESS the instruments are acoustic and supposed to use quarter tones and such.

I would keep it in my rotation if this were given some civilized architecture!  

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Please reference this which is representative of the "direction" I was going in.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_music


I'm not sure what to say to your comments.

1. This kind of music doesn't use *any* harmony whatsoever so the

"As if they are in the equivalent of the Renaissance, still yet to develop counterpoint rules or voice-leading technique."

is really western bias. The reason I used harmonies in here at all is that a requirement of the demonstration contest I am participating requires xenharmonic usage - that is microtonal harmonic content.

2. Yes these are high quality samples of acoustic instruments.

3. It was improvised and then edited a bit.

4. The tuning DOES use quarter tones

Quartertone scale with tonic transposition on a turkish segah of 159/128
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Step size is 100.0000 cents
1: 701.955: 7: 700.0000 cents diff. -0.019550 steps, -1.9550 cents
2: 136.058: 1: 100.0000 cents diff. -0.360581 steps, -36.0582 cents
3: -375.460: -4: -400.0000 cents diff. -0.245404 steps, -24.5405 cents
4: 326.495: 3: 300.0000 cents diff. -0.264954 steps, -26.4955 cents
5: 379.768: 4: 400.0000 cents diff. 0.202316 steps, 20.2316 cents
6: 481.635: 5: 500.0000 cents diff. 0.183649 steps, 18.3649 cents
7: 698.322: 7: 700.0000 cents diff. 0.016782 steps, 1.6782 cents
8: 824.540: 8: 800.0000 cents diff. -0.245404 steps, -24.5405 cents
9: 838.013: 8: 800.0000 cents diff. -0.380131 steps, -38.0132 cents
10: 967.270: 10: 1000.0000 cents diff. 0.327302 steps, 32.7303 cents
11: 979.680: 10: 1000.0000 cents diff. 0.203199 steps, 20.3199 cents
12: 1200.000: 12: 1200.0000 cents diff. 0.000000 steps, 0.0000 cents
Total absolute difference : 2.449276 steps, 244.9276 cents
Average absolute difference: 0.204106 steps, 20.4106 cents
Root mean square difference: 0.239601 steps, 23.9601 cents
Highest absolute difference: 0.380131 steps, 38.0132 cents

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"As if they are in the equivalent of the Renaissance, still yet to develop counterpoint rules or voice-leading technique."

I'd also like to add a point here I originally missed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterpoint

"In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more voices that are independent in contour and rhythm and are harmonically interdependent. It has been most commonly identified in classical music, developing strongly during the Renaissance and in much of the common practice period, especially in Baroque music. The term originates from the Latin punctus contra punctum meaning "point against point"."