For OL guys- instruments used on Mabool

[Oded]

Sorry if someone already asked this, but I'm new here.

Will there be lots of traditional instruments used this time, aside from guitar/bass/drums/vox?
More oud and dumbek, please!

Also, have you ever considered doing an album (or EP) with only acoustic and traditional instruments? That would be excellent.

 

[Ko_B]

There will be the use of traditionalminstruments as always.
We check the posibility to use Qannun, Santur, Oud, Dumbek and all percussions, Saz, buzuki and I will sing some Mawalls as well

We did an accoustic show 6 months ago, with tabla drums, Buzuki and Saz, it was a great show and we also recorded it, we hope to release some metirial of it very soon...

For sure we will make unplugged shows again in the future.

 

[kontan]

Wow! You have used buzuki?! I'm very surprised for hearing something like this, 'cause here in Greece we are used to hear it almost only in some traditional and some trendy-scrapy-oriental-beat song and we have really got enough of it... Although I'm very interested in hearing your stuff played only with folk instruments

 

[Ko_B]

Hey, Im crazy about greek music, I can cry when I listen to Yorgo Dallaras, not to mention Kazanjidis...

 

[Yossi_Orphaned_Land]

I play Buzuki in Mabool, yes, but we don't use it too much, only in very specific parts. It combines smoothly with the metal rush around it. Wait and hear how it comes out..

 

[kontan]

@ Ko_B: I agree with you man. Dallaras rules and the most songs that Kazanjidis has sang are some of the most really sad songs of the folk greek scene. There's also Stratos Dionysiou who has some very sad songs, but I believe that you've already checked him out

@ Yossi: I'm looking forward to hear something that contains buzuki performed by you. I believe that it's metallic sound is quite suitable for your music, but I can't still imagine how it whould be compined with your compisitions...

You guys please try to release this material as soon as it's possible. Really, are there any parts of this acoustic show uploaded somewhere?

 

[AntiMtv]

The Buzuki is commonly used also in a lot of the popular Israeli music these days.
And also by soft rock\folk rock (yep, we have that in Israel, I don't mean folk Metal, it's something different, the israeli music is about 70 percent rock I presume) like Yehuda Poliker use it if I'm not mistaken.

 

[keynant]

yeah, he is. do you call it israeli folk-rock?

 

[Ko_B]

The accoustic songs are not availble yet, we check what to do with them, I guess they won't be released for the moment, patient brothers

 

[kontan]

I was wondering what instrument you have use at the last part of "Thee By The Father I Pray".... It sound like Laouto to me buy I'm not sure...

 

[Ko_B]

It's Qanun, its like a table with 50 strings, arabic instrument mostly use in Iraq, Egypt, Israel...

 

[Folklore]

In my Uni. there are tons of arab students, once a week we get a shot arabic music concert in the halls of the buildings
it`s so great!

 

[kontan]

I think I got it. If I'm right I think that we have an instrument, similar to qanun, named kanonaki. I'm searching for a photo of it at the moment. I'll post it when by the time I'll find it.

PS:My english REALLY SUCK...

 

[kontan]

This is what we call kanonaki here. Is it the same with qanun?

 

[Derya the Angel]

hey, i know that enstrument, it's "kanun" in Turkish

 

[Folklore]

It`s almost the same instrument. i`m not an expert but maybe the greek versiour is made of a different kind of wood or some other changes.
personally i love the the arabic Mandoline

 

[Ko_B]

Lokks the same, amaizing instrument.

 

[kontan]

@ Ko_B: ...and seems difficult to play it too...

@ Derya the Angel: It sounds similar in greek, turkish and isrealetic too (kanonaki, qanun and kanun).

@ Folklore: I really like the sound of Laouto. It sounds like buzuki with nylon strings... One time I saw a guy playing laouto in a folk party and I was like that

. His playing style remind me metal guitarists like Petrutchi and Blackmore!

 

[Orphaned Matti]

Kontan... the language we speak here is Hebrew... (Not isrealetic like you said)... LOL

I think it is amazing to see the evolution of musical instruments and how they developed to get into their current shape...

For instance, take a look at the 'Guitar'... the word 'guitar' sounds very similar to the word 'Sitar'. Now as you know, the Sitar is an Indian instrument, and it reminds in it's looks the traditional guitar, only it's neck is much longer and much thicker, and it's strings have a very metallic sound (not like distorted metallic, clean metallic). I suspect that the traditional "Spanish guitar" has evolved from this instrument, since the "Sitar" seems to be a more premetive form of the instrument. It's ether that or some indian guy saw a guitar in spain and tried to create a copy of it and this is what he came up with, which is very likely also.

 

[kontan]

"Oups I did it again..." ( ) Sorry about the language stuff... I really didn't knew it...

Sitar rules man! I love its strange "vibrato"...