05-23-2006, 06:11 PM
Beside the plastic-kithara with metall strings and an absolute modern tuning mechanism...
After listening to the mp3s I think of modern Greek Folk Music with Guitar and a nice good singer, which he defenitly is.
The percussion sounds quite synthesizing...
I do not hear any metrical pronounciation, which would be necessary for ancient Greek language. All sylables seem to have the same lenght.
In modern Greek language you have only short sylables, in ancient you have long and short. So no ancient rhythm appears for me hear, altough he seems to sing some words and sylables longer than others.
The tuning is very modern and folky, I think none ancient tonality appeared to me exept dorian.
With the Sappho text I do not hear any Sapphian strophe.
But maybe they slowed it down?
Sounds like a very nice interepretation of ancient Greek textes in modern Greek Folk musical tradition. Nice to listen to and quiet a soft voice and a good guitar/kithara (whatever is played there) player.
After listening to the mp3s I think of modern Greek Folk Music with Guitar and a nice good singer, which he defenitly is.
The percussion sounds quite synthesizing...
I do not hear any metrical pronounciation, which would be necessary for ancient Greek language. All sylables seem to have the same lenght.
In modern Greek language you have only short sylables, in ancient you have long and short. So no ancient rhythm appears for me hear, altough he seems to sing some words and sylables longer than others.
The tuning is very modern and folky, I think none ancient tonality appeared to me exept dorian.
With the Sappho text I do not hear any Sapphian strophe.
But maybe they slowed it down?
Sounds like a very nice interepretation of ancient Greek textes in modern Greek Folk musical tradition. Nice to listen to and quiet a soft voice and a good guitar/kithara (whatever is played there) player.
Susanna
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A Lyra is basically an instrument to accompaign pyromanic city destruction.
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A Lyra is basically an instrument to accompaign pyromanic city destruction.