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Permalink Reply by MissCephalopod on June 1, 2011 at 11:43am

Oooh, I like this! I absolutely love classical Arabic music like Om Kalthoum, Mohamed Abdel Wahab, Abdel Halim Hafez, all the classics. Although I think I'll be in trouble finding something less than 8min long, haha, those pieces are LONG!

Permalink Reply by Michala on June 4, 2011 at 2:29pm

OMG, I love the classic Egyptian artists too, such beautiful music!  Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on June 2, 2011 at 12:26pm

I'm definitely up for this.  I have some Rivertribe in my collection (Australian group that uses didgeridoo and other instruments) and a couple of French songs.  I've also been thinking about getting some hang drum or hapi drum music and hooping to it.  Hmmm, lots to consider... :)

 

Miss Cephalopod, if the music has sections in it where the tempo or mood changes, maybe you can just hoop to a portion you like and use that for your video.

Permalink Reply by MissCephalopod on June 2, 2011 at 1:02pm

But the mood and rhythm changes are the best thing about Arab music! It's not just boring 1-2-4-3-1-2-3-4 all the way through :D

 

I've picked a song now that's about five minutes long, an instrumental baladi with a nice slow accordeon taqasim in the beginning that builds up to the drums and full orchestra. Nice! I'm sure I'll be able to do something with that. Maybe even throw in some bellydance moves.

Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on June 2, 2011 at 1:08pm

Sounds cool.  Can't wait to see your video. :)

Permalink Reply by Michala on June 4, 2011 at 2:31pm

Oh, how fun AND appropriate!  I am also a belly dancer, have long loved attending Native American powwows to hear the music and see the dancing, and I am a Geographer... you couldn't have picked a better challenge topic for me to donate too!  I look forward to seeing everyone's entries!

Permalink Reply by somethingpurple on June 8, 2011 at 12:37am

Oh I love this challenge!

I normally hoop to indian, arabic or balkan beats so now I am going to go search for some alternative music!

Can't wait to see everyone's videos :)

Permalink Reply by Shannon "HoopLove" on June 8, 2011 at 6:09am

Question: is it any artist that is from a different country or is the key to be something different than what we normally listen to?  Cause I listen to a lot of artists from the UK already. :p

Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on June 8, 2011 at 7:01am

Good question, Shannon.  My tastes are pretty eclectic too (ranging from several styles of American music to Austrailian didgeridoo, hang drum, sitar, Jewish, etc.), so am I supposed to try to hoop to - oh, I don't know, Gregorian chants or something?

Permalink Reply by Shannon "HoopLove" on June 8, 2011 at 10:29am

Have you ever seen Ann Humphrey's video of her hooping to gregorian chants?  It's amazing! Totally made me tempted!

Permalink Reply by Traci "CircularPraise" Bonney on June 8, 2011 at 10:30am

No, I haven't.  Where can I find it?

Permalink Reply by Shannon "HoopLove" on June 8, 2011 at 10:33am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-SJuLG61JY

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