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Settantun minuti dalle piramidi di Giza a una notte di giovedì al Cairo, dove oud, qanun, nay e tamburi a cornice incontrano il violoncello profondo.
Tradizioni
- The journey follows a route rather than a genre: Giza, the streets of Cairo, Alexandria, the Siwa oasis, the Nile, Luxor, Nubia and Abu Simbel, the desert road of Kharga, the Suez Canal and Sinai.
- It closes on a Thursday night in Cairo — the start of the Egyptian weekend, and the traditional night of music — in homage to the golden age of Egyptian song.
- Nubian music from the far south carries its own scales and its own language, distinct from the Arabic traditions of the north.
- The simsimiyya, a lyre of the Suez and Sinai coast, belongs to the Red Sea ports rather than to the Nile valley.
Strumenti
- Oud — the fretless short-necked lute at the centre of Arabic music
- Qanun — plucked zither with levers for microtonal tuning
- Nay — end-blown reed flute
- Rababa — bowed spike fiddle of the countryside
- Mizmar — double-reed horn of celebration and procession
- Simsimiyya — lyre of the Suez and Sinai coast
- Frame drums — riq and tar, carrying the rhythmic cycles
- Cello — the recurring IGUNO voice beneath them all
La musica di qui
La storia
Il racconto scritto di questo viaggio è ancora in corso di stesura. La musica, le tradizioni e gli strumenti qui sopra sono completi.