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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000025.txt from 2005/04

From: Dennis Thiel <dathiel@-----.au>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] Duduk et al.
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 05:12:24 -0400

No, it is not just you Sameer ... it was off at the time I found the
reference yesterday and announced it.

Like the bird in Janie's QOD, have faith that it will soon be on line
once more.

Dennis.

Sameer Al-Abdullah wrote:

>That www.Loree-paris.com site is not working.....or is just me???
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>On Apr 4, 2005 2:48 AM, PhilFrei@-----.com> wrote:
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>>Hi -
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>>Thanks for the Loree site. When I Googled Loree and Paris, I got over a
>>thousand hits and the Loree site wasn't on the first half dozen pages.
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>>The site where I got the Duduk "How to..." book follows:
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>>http://www.arpmusic.com/arpshop/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=251&category_id=
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>>They seem like a decent group. The prices are what they are, no shipping or
>>handling. I think they have all the instruments listed in the last couple days'
>>emails, but I couldn't vouch for the quality, though they do seem reputable.
>>I don't know if they are the best prices.
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>>I wonder if the Ney is the same as this Bulgarian flute I heard. I can't
>>remember what it is called, but it is quite difficult, blown like a bottle with
>>lots of overblowing involved. It had a really nice timbre. I think it had at
>>least a few finger-holes, though.
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>>I have the "Last Temptation..." soundtrack. I probably heard the Duduk there
>>and wondered what it was. I think it was used on a "Buffy the Vampire" episode
>>also which caught my ear. I managed to catch the producer on a fan website
>>and asked him what it was, but he could only identify it as an "Arabic flute." I
>>think I saw a documentary on the DVD for "Gladiator" where they mentioned
>>getting Gasparyan to play. Sometime about a month ago, I googled Gasparyan and
>>discovered his instrument was a double reed.
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>>There's another film I hear is quite good that uses the Duduk, "Mt. Ararat"
>>by A. Egoyan. I'm trying to snag a copy from the local library, but it keeps
>>getting checked out. Am going to have to resort to putting a hold on it. The
>>performer is younger than Gasparyan, but seems to have an even wider tonal range,
>>expressively, as well as being of a very high reputation. I checked out one
>>of his CD's from the library, but his name slips my mind.
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>>We'll see how the finances are after tax-time, in terms of going through with
>>a purchase or not.
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>>- Phil Freihofner
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