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La Guitare Orientale - Abdallah Kamanja by Stéphane Tsapis

A few years ago, I bought a book entitled "Le Piano Oriental" by Zeina Abirached. It was the story of Abdallah Kamanja who designed a quartertone piano to play the makam music in Beirut in 1950s. I was shocked because I've had a similar journey on the guitar in Istanbul since 2000s. Then I watched the video "Le Piano Oriental" and I was impressed by the music of Stéphane Tsapis on this piano. Then we became friends with Stéphane and he sent me the score of the tune "Abdallah Kamanja" and I arranged the first theme of this song for my adjustable microtonal guitar. I'd like to thank Hakan Görener for the video shootings and Ozan Tuğrul for the lovely home. Birkaç sene önce Zeina Abirached'in "Le Piano Oriental" isimli kitabını aldım. 1950'li yıllarda Beyrut'ta makamsal müzikleri çalmak için çeyrekses piyano tasarlayan Abdallah Kamanja'nın hikayesini anlatıyordu. Çok şaşırmıştım çünkü benzer bir macera benim başımdan İstanbul'da 2000'li yıllarda geçmişti. Ben de makamsal müzikleri çalmak için birçok arayışa girip sonunda ayarlanabilir mikrotonal gitarı tasarlamıştım. Kitabın videosunu izlediğimde daha da şaşırdım çünkü piyano için Stéphane Tsapis harika eserler bestelemişti. Sonradan Stéphane ile arkadaş olduk ve bana "Abdallah Kamanja" isimli eserin notalarını yolladı. Ben de eserin ilk temasını mikrotonal gitar için düzenledim. Video görüntüleri için Hakan Görener'e ve ev için Ozan Tuğrul’a çok teşekkür ederim. To follow the artist Zeina Abirached Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/zeinaabirached/ facebook : https://www.facebook.com/zeinabirached book : https://zeinaabirached.ultra-book.com/ To follow the pianist and composer Stéphane Tsapis Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/stephtsapis Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/stephanetsapis To subscribe on Youtube : https://youtube.com/c/StephaneTsapis Website : http://www.stephanetsapis.com Please SUBSCRIBE for microtonal guitar videos ► https://goo.gl/qo90bw SUPPORT My Microtonal Guitar Projects on Patreon ► https://goo.gl/ffQhxn BUY Adjustable Microtonal Guitar ► microtonalguitarist@gmail.com LEARN Microtonal Guitar on your guitar! Method ► https://goo.gl/y1YedA All my scores and writings are here: www.tolgahancogulu.com Lego Microtonal Guitar ► https://bit.ly/3fbSdLc History of Microtonal Guitars ► https://goo.gl/qXwVWA All Guitars are Out of Tune But One ► https://goo.gl/eiqVRV Guitar with Movable Frets ► https://goo.gl/C5rS18 What is a Microtone? ► https://goo.gl/7irrbx Microtonal Bach Experiment ► https://goo.gl/DkZpG3 Major 3rd Problem of All Guitars ► https://goo.gl/RfQEBY 5 Microtonal Guitar Types ► https://goo.gl/EgI9gF Microtonal Guitar Competition ► https://goo.gl/1ZouJJ Microtonal Guitar (Fixed Fret) ► https://goo.gl/iGu9dW Microtonal Guitar (Adjustable) ► https://goo.gl/C5rS18 Microtonal Guitar (Interchangeable) ► https://goo.gl/pswwCx Microtonal Guitar Duo ► https://goo.gl/1gcvO1 Convert your guitar to a microtonal guitar ► https://goo.gl/iNXxzX Microtonal Guitar CD Spotify ► https://goo.gl/BYspxb Itunes ► https://goo.gl/rzWDKB Amazon ► https://goo.gl/oDzwfA #microtonalguitar #lepianooriental #microtonalmusic