Message-ID: <alpine.NEB.2.21.1807021453310.7875@panix3.panix.com>
From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.wvu.edu>, Wryting-L <WRYTING-L@listserv.wvu.edu>
Subject: Rubab Demo
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 14:55:17 -0400 (EDT)
Rubab Demo http://www.alansondheim.org/rubabdemo.jpg https://youtu.be/lN9qIH-Tuog not actually a demo but a small example of my non-traditional playing, (i have an octave where a fourth should be, i'm not using a pick, for the purposes of the video i'm sitting on a couch, not on the floor, i'm still learning, not all the sympathetic strings are tuned (a few of the pegs are frozen, i can move them slightly, looking for a proper interval)); from what i can tell this is from the past mid-century. and i've seen so many youtube demonstrations of instruments, some competent, most not at all, that i join them here. it's an amazing instrument to play, the ancestor of the sarod, and my rubab is larger than the others i've seen online, it has a deep tone, i'm wary about tuning the strings higher, which suits its condition. and it's odd playing it in any position. online, traditional rubab is beautifully described and played by the ethnomusicolo- gist John Baily. i'm trying to find my own path, respectful of the instrument and its history. i must say watching my right-hand little finger is nerve-wracking. enjoy.