Saturday, March 31, 2018

▶ Вечернее настроение. Хомус. Evening mood. Khomus. Jew's harp. Эркин Алексеев. Erkin Alexeev



Вечернее настроение. Хомус. Evening mood. Khomus. Jew's harp. Эркин Алексеев. Erkin Alexeev - YouTube

Published on Mar 30, 2018 by Erkin Art

English below *

Я часто говорю людям, что в моем представлении в старину наши предки играли на хомусе чаще в пору вечерних сумерек. Конечно Маак писал о том, что некоторые якуты могли бренчать на этом инструменте целый день напролет, но думается таких бездельников было немного. Раньше существовало поверье, что с наступлением темноты на хомусе лучше не играть. Мол, это привлекает злых духов. Но в светлое время суток весь день у саха проходил в нескончаемой работе по хозяйству. И вот, после всех трудов, после вечерней трапезы каждый член семьи лежал на своей лавочке во тьме (так как маленькие окна якутского жилища и дневной-то яркий свет не особо пропускали), освещаемой только светом камелька. И тут кто-нибудь начинал грустно напевать о нелегкой жизни, или же брал хомус и всю свою усталость, нелегкие думы изливал в музыку хомуса. И души исполнителя и домочадцев легчали, светлели...


* google translate:

I often tell people that in my view in the old days our ancestors played on khomus more often during the evening twilight. Of course, Makak wrote that some Yakuts could scream on this instrument all day long, but I think there were few such idlers. Previously, there was a belief that with the onset of darkness on the khomus it is better not to play. Like, it attracts evil spirits. But during the daylight hours all day at the Sakha passed in endless work on the au pair. And now, after all the labor, after the evening meal, each member of the family lay on his bench in the dark (since the small windows of the Yakut dwelling and the day's bright light did not particularly miss), lit only by the light of the fireside. And then someone began to sing sadly about hard life, or take khomus and all his fatigue, hard thoughts poured into the music of khomus. And the souls of the performer and households were lightening, brightening ...

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Thursday, March 22, 2018

▶ Wicker Man Highlight Musical Picks - May Pole



Wicker Man Highlight Musical Picks - May Pole - YouTube


• "The Wicker Man" – a 1973 British mystery horror film directed by Robin Hardy. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer, inspired by David Pinner's 1967 novel Ritual, centres on the visit of Police Sergeant Neil Howie to the isolated island of Summerisle, in search of a missing girl. Howie, a devout Christian, is appalled to find that the inhabitants of the island have abandoned Christianity and now practise a form of Celtic paganism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wicker_Man


Sunday, March 18, 2018

▶ Gençlerin Tepkisi: Ağız Kopuzu ("The Response of the Youth")

Turkish youth –

Gençlerin Tepkisi: Ağız Kopuzu - YouTube


Bu bölümde tepki veren kişiler
(The respondents in this section / age)
Yağmur - 20 yaşında
Hüseyin - 24 yaşında
Yelda - 19 yaşında
Mert - 24 yaşında
Burak - 24 yaşında
Buğra - 24 yaşında
Gözde - 24 yaşında




Saturday, March 17, 2018

#JawHarpBattle on Facebook !!! –––>

#JawHarpBattle !!! –––> #JawHarpBattle on Facebook



Jaw Harp Battle. Your best harping. If you are a harpist and see this video, make your own Jaw Harp Battle video in one take, mistakes included and post it. No losers in the Jaw Harp Battle, only winners.  






Jamie Bebb's "The Harpery" on Facebook

Khomus Weekly Jew's Harp Newsletter • #KhomusWeekly - Facebook


Thursday, March 15, 2018

▶ A. R. Rahman, "Jiya Jale" (Dil Se): Berklee Indian Ensemble (Cover)



A. R. Rahman, "Jiya Jale" (Dil Se): Berklee Indian Ensemble (Cover) - YouTube

A.R. Rahman is a music composer that uses Mouth Harp in his songs, and is best known for his Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire track.

A. R. Rahman –
Skilled in Carnatic music, Western classical, Hindustani music and the Qawwali style of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahman has been noted to write film songs that amalgamate elements of these music systems and other genres, layering instruments from differing music idioms in an improvisatory manner.  www.arrahman.com/biography




Berklee Indian Ensemble | Berklee College of Music
Boston, MA, USA
With members from 42 countries to date, the Berklee Indian Ensemble provides an open and inclusive creative space for musicians from all over the world to explore, study, interpret, and create music influenced by the rich and varied mosaic that is Indian music today. From a Carnatic thillana or a high-adrenaline konnakol conversation to Indo-jazz experiments or qawwali, the ensemble performs an expansive repertoire with the ultimate goal of presenting concerts entirely comprising original student compositions.

Berklee Indian Ensemble - Facebook


Saturday, March 3, 2018

▶ Maria Kulichkina - OLONKHO- 6th International Jew's Harp Festival



Maria Kulichkina - OLONKHO- 6th International Jew's Harp Festival- www.doromb.com - YouTube

Olonkho (Russian: Олонхо́, Sakha: Олоҥхо, Kazakh: Олонхо, Bashkir: Олонхо) is a heroic epic tale of the Yakuts and one of the oldest epic arts of the Turkic peoples. The term refers to the entire Sakha epic tradition as well as its central epic.
The Olonkho is still performed in the Sakha Republic. The poetic tales are performed by a singer and story-teller in two parts: a sung part in verse alternates with a prose part composed of recitatives. In addition to possessing good acting and singing skills, the narrator must be a master of eloquence and poetic improvisation. The epic consists of numerous legends about ancient warriors, deities, spirits and animals, but also addresses contemporary events, such as the disintegration of nomadic society. The Olonkhos, varying from 10,000 to 20,000 verses (or more) in length, are sung during a period of up to seven nights. "Nyurgun Bootur the Swift", the best-known, consists of more than 36,000 verses.
Given that each community had its own narrator with a rich repertoire, numerous versions of Olonkho circulated. The tradition was developed within the family context for entertainment and as a means of education. Reflecting Yakut beliefs, it also bears witness to the way of life of a small nation struggling for survival at times of political unrest and under difficult climatic and geographical conditions.
The political and technological changes in twentieth-century Russia have threatened the existence of the epic tradition in the Sakha Republic. Although there has been a growing interest in Olonkho since the Perestroika years, this tradition is endangered because of the very low number of practitioners.


Thursday, March 1, 2018

regarding "this week's edition"



PUBLISHING SCHEDULE IS ERRATIC
DUE TO MY MEDICAL/PHYSICAL CONDITION...
please expect "the Weekly" only once or twice per month

sorry, i am having to limit the amount of time that i am on a computer.