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- John Kameel Farah
Sama'i Point (2014)
- Bosworth Music (World)
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- electronics
- Nay Flute, Piano (=Synthesizer)
- 11 min
Programme Note
Sam'i Point uses the classical middle-eastern "Sama-i" form, a majestic slow rhythm in 10/8 time (3+2+2+3) as point of departure. The spindly melody repeats with continual variation over several verses, using mannerisms borrowed both from William Byrd and his contemporaries, and melodic contours from Arabic music. It's called Sama'i Point because the original melody starts sparsely and then slowly fills in the gaps between melodic nodes. Later on, it switches to a faster, 7/8 meter leading to a bombastic, orchestral ending, in which the same chord progression from Introitus re-appears. The melody is composed in a mode called Maqam Zamzam (A, B flat, C, D flat, E, F, G, A flat; a variation of Maqam Saba, which would have B-half-flat).
- John Kameel Farah
- John Kameel Farah
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Discography
Between Carthage and Rome
- LabelBosworth Recorded Music
- Catalogue NumberBRM6328
- SoloistJohn Kameel Farah, piano/synthesizer/electronics
- Released27th February 2017