Thread: Absolutely the most difficult music I've encountered

I love Setrak and his oriental dance routines. I've danced to his stuff for years, but I've encountered one that had me going WTF! I love it but it is a challenge. This one is going to take some practice. The routine is Rannet el Khelkhal off of the Setrak and Noura CD. It's 27:19.

Does anyone know if there is a video of this music out there somewhere? I'd love to see what someone else does with it.

I don't know the Setrak version of this song, but there is a Reda video of Ranet Elkholkhal here: [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1EHitZ-xo]YouTube - Mahmoud Reda & Farida Fahmi & the Reda Troupe[/ame]
Is this similar to the Setrak song?

I just d/l the album because I was curious about the song - it's nice! Really the only part I think I'd find difficult would be the intro section. The rest is nicely defined sections, like any oriental routine - or at least that's the way it feels on first listen - I haven't gotten out of my chair to try to dance to it yet.

I hate the intro...

If you want to see what happens if somebody cuts the piece down to 7,5 minutes, have a look at me:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F30ivQBzyow]YouTube - Raqs Sharqi "Rannet Al Khulkhal" by MEISSOUN[/ame]

MEISSOUN

Originally Posted by hannan

I don't know the Setrak version of this song, but there is a Reda video of Ranet Elkholkhal here: YouTube - Mahmoud Reda & Farida Fahmi & the Reda Troupe
Is this similar to the Setrak song?

No, it doesn't sound the same.

Originally Posted by tamrahennatx

I just d/l the album because I was curious about the song - it's nice! Really the only part I think I'd find difficult would be the intro section. The rest is nicely defined sections, like any oriental routine - or at least that's the way it feels on first listen - I haven't gotten out of my chair to try to dance to it yet.

Actually I think the intro is the easiest part. I previously had just listened to it as well and didn't try to dance to. The sections are really defined but there are some odd rhythms. There's even a section that sounds like depke. I had to create a traveling step with hip drops to go with it as I didn't want to go into dancing a line dance.

Ranit Al Khal (this is how they spell it there) is also on an Adam Basma cd, it's really nice. It's about 6 minutes.

I think there are at least 5 totally different songs with this name!

MEISSOUN

Originally Posted by meissoun

I think there are at least 5 totally different songs with this name!

MEISSOUN

What does the name mean, do you know?

The song on Adam Basma's cd is the same one as the Reda video clip above. It has a very nice sound, nice instruments, nice percussion and a LOT of changes.

Originally Posted by dunyah

What does the name mean, do you know?

The jingling of the ankle bracelets, I think.

Originally Posted by zumarrad

The jingling of the ankle bracelets, I think.

Yes, that's right.

Wow, Leyla, that brought back memories of playing that with Yusef at the Pasha, I think it took me 4 months to learn that one enough to be comfortable with it. And, we always did the "hey" stuff too. I think that was one of the pieces that Calliope did.

Originally Posted by Marianna

The song on Adam Basma's cd is the same one as the Reda video clip above. It has a very nice sound, nice instruments, nice percussion and a LOT of changes.

I'm specifically talking about the Setrak version which is almost 30 minutes long. I danced to it again this morning. It just has some odd changes in it. The first 8 or 9 minutes aren't too bad. It's after that it gets weird.

Originally Posted by meissoun

I hate the intro...

If you want to see what happens if somebody cuts the piece down to 7,5 minutes, have a look at me:
YouTube - Raqs Sharqi "Rannet Al Khulkhal" by MEISSOUN

MEISSOUN

Thanks for posting. Some nice editing of the music. You took all the wierd stuff out!

P.S. Does my heart good to see a dancer wearing fringe!

Originally Posted by mahboula

Wow, Leyla, that brought back memories of playing that with Yusef at the Pasha, I think it took me 4 months to learn that one enough to be comfortable with it. And, we always did the "hey" stuff too. I think that was one of the pieces that Calliope did.

Oh right - it has LOTS of changes in it and is a real challenge to play.

Originally Posted by norma

Thanks for posting. Some nice editing of the music. You took all the wierd stuff out!

P.S. Does my heart good to see a dancer wearing fringe!

Well, it's a Lebanese costume after all! ..g.:

MEISSOUN

Hi Meissoun, Nice work and I'm so pleased to see that the green costume's still looking wonderful.

Originally Posted by meissoun

I hate the intro...

If you want to see what happens if somebody cuts the piece down to 7,5 minutes, have a look at me:
YouTube - Raqs Sharqi "Rannet Al Khulkhal" by MEISSOUN

MEISSOUN