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Chris S.

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So I'm walking through Border's tonight and look over to see...
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Huh?

You can listen to samples here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000516VT/qid=974260932/sr=1-/105-8328806-396 2351

Sample tracks 2 & 6 are Tuva toe-tappin' good.

Since it originates in the same part of the world as khuks, I thought I'd pass it along.

Chris S.



[This message has been edited by Chris S. (edited 11-15-2000).]
 
Chris S, neat post there. I wonder what the Asian fellow (playing saz, maybe?) thought of the bluesman's hubcap (resophonic) guitar.
 
Well Lt.,

They jam together on the on CD, so they must've found a common key.

Actually, the guy on the left is from Tuva (lies NE of Nepal between Mongolia and the Russian Federation).

The country was once called Tannu Tuva, then the Soviets walked in and named it Tuvinskaya, and now they're supposedly independent and known as Tuva (however neither Tuva, or Tuvinskaya is listed in the CIA World Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ )

Anyhow, the scientists amongst us may know Tuva from the late physicist Richard Feynman who advanced quantum theory quite a bit (FYI-quantum theory is the study of the stuff which makes up the stuff. In other words, what the protons, electrons, and neutrons are made of). Feynman was somewhat eccentric, travelled to Tuva on a lark, and returned with the story of the ultimate road trip.

 
Chris S.,

Maybe Khukology is more akin to rocket science than I thought. Tuva isn't to be found on the maps I've checked thus far, but it sounds like there's a lot of real estate betwixt there and Nepal. I wonder if folks there have knives anything like the khukuri. A friend was in Asia and saw lots of Cossack horsemen carry them in a front/crossdraw fashion. They would sometimes point to their khukuris and display them prominently. It sounded as though the show of force was somewhat for the benefit of the tourists. The khukuri that came home from the trip was a 12", tourist-style AK, with matching sheath.

Thanks for the link to the tunes. The scales and time seemed so foreign to my ear. The guitarist was using his slide a lot, and I don't blame him. The asian fellow's instrument appeared fretless, and may have using notes like quarter-tones that just can't be found on our fretted scales. So the long, sweeping slides can be used to fudge the rest. Guys like Ry Cooder and David Lindley have been able to make east-meets-west music work to some degree. Farmyard swing suits me just fine.

 

Wow, good ear Lt.

You know why what you heard worked?

Here's my theory, and I hope someone else might chime in who knows more about Asian music.

Anyhow, blues music uses only 5 of the available notes in a scale (which has 7 notes, not including the octave).

As I understand it, the scales used in Asian music use 5 steps (or notes) not including the octave.

So long as each musician starts with the same bass note, they can both jam together using their own style.

Chris

PS-If you ever get to B&N, listen to it there, it's got a lot more depth.

PPS-Yeah, I still like gravelly barnyard blues the best, too.

 
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