upside downer

Here's the inventor and a little explanation of what's going on. https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-08-19/its-not-space-odyssey-its-yaybahar And I'd love to bump into him next time I'm at the beach. Beats Punch & Judy!

Police Officer - Smiley Culture

Macca on either of the 'Wings'

Surely Roger Glover will go in goal?

What an incredible sound! I'm off to search 'How to make a Yaybahar' on Google.

Pets - Porno For Pyros

Monday Morning 5:19 - Rialto

Ghosts of Princes in Towers - Rich Kids

You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties - Jona Lewie

This Is Not a Love Song - PiL

Forget You - Cee Lo Green

You Stole the Sun From My Heart - Manic Street Preachers

It's all about the Arabic maqam, the method used in much of the music of the region. Not a chordal structure, it's more an improvisational melodic approach based on 24 tone equal temperament. Or 17 equal temperament. There's others, too. It gets very confusing. The headless instrument is a saz, aka bağlama, great fun to play. If you fancy something different I'd recommend getting one. Such a wonderfully versatile instrument.

Love that. 'What kind of music do you play?' 'Interestingly diverse' is my default answer now (even if it might not be 100% true!) 😁

'Abdulcanbaz' was probably not the best song to show off the microtones but I just really like that tune! The band play a combination of traditional Turkish folk music mixed with electronica and other influences from around the world. The saz has 17 notes to the octave (the microtones come after the sharps as we know them on a 12 note octave) and they now have an oud player from Greece with them too which gives them quite a unique frontline. Maybe the microtones are more 'subtle' as it's just another piece of their musical jigsaw? This next tune sounds a bit more unusual to western ears.

On A Rope - Rocket From the Crypt

Congratulations! 👏👏

Thunder In the Mountains - Toyah

Crikey O'Blimey, this is chaos!

That's When I Reach For My Revolver - Mission of Burma

Michael, Row the Boat Ashore - Peter, Paul and Mary

Can Can - Bad Manners

On the advice of some comments in the 'Your most listened-to-live album' thread....

As Jim Bowen (almost) said, "You can't beat a bit of baglama!"