A great week of musical discovery. Acquired a rebab - 3 plucked and 15 resonating strings.
To be confused with the Indonesian "rebab" - 2 bowed strings. An internet search reveals no information on the former.
For a great read check out Allan Pollack's ...
http://www.icce.rug.nl/~soundscapes/DATABASES/AWP/awp-notes_on.shtml
a comprehensive and vibrant dissection of the music of the Beatles. Will satisfy your thirst for culture, history and pantonics. Not to mention solve a few problems for amateur musicians who love to cover.
1. having an open mind touched with a hint of cynicism
2. being of Kabul Afghanistan - native ... or resident ... or veteran
3. surrounded ......................................
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan 2005-2012
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- Tuned!!
- suspended notes
- the rabob makerfixing the bridge
- The wall
- 16 years of age ...in total
- Stone faced
- Runny breakfast
- Do we need help?
- laundry daychoose your mate
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- currency exchange services available everywhere
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About Me - Isn't it?
- Peter Gillies
- Project manager ... education and evaluation consultant ... amateur musician ... theatre promoter .. concerned world citizen.
It's spring and I am at home in LaPêche Québec starting another theatre festival and basking in the glow of finishing my first novella - "Jesus of Kabul".
All pictures copyright Peter Gillies unless indicated.
My Blogs
Now
Kabul-e
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan - 2005 to 2011
We Are the Body ... of Christ Reflections on the church as the body of Christ – provoked Spring 2010 by discussions of reform at the United Church of Canada in LaPêche Québec
Then
Poems from Restless Hearts
Poetry Archive 1995-2007
Alice’s Last Lost Sister
... a play about memory and loss written for and performed by the Wakefield Players for the 2010 Piggy Back Fringe Festival
Zee Woolies
Theatre that warms your feet and energizes your livingroom. Spring 2010 Toulouse et Montréal
Iamthe WallahRUs
Winter 2009-2010 Sabbatical - India, Southern France.
PiggyFest09LIVE!
Facilitating Scott Hébert-Daly's live feed from the Piggyback International Fringe Festival Wakefield Québec June 28-30 2009
FunkEWakefield
Provoking discussion to ensure maximum community reflection on and input to the PPU planning process for Wakefield Québec - Summer 2009.
Eathquaking
Pakistan Earthquake relief - October 2005
Elvis was a Truckdriver
Vancouver Canada garage band 2002 Archives
Kabul-e
In and out of Kabul Afghanistan - 2005 to 2011
We Are the Body ... of Christ Reflections on the church as the body of Christ – provoked Spring 2010 by discussions of reform at the United Church of Canada in LaPêche Québec
Then
Poems from Restless Hearts
Poetry Archive 1995-2007
Alice’s Last Lost Sister
... a play about memory and loss written for and performed by the Wakefield Players for the 2010 Piggy Back Fringe Festival
Zee Woolies
Theatre that warms your feet and energizes your livingroom. Spring 2010 Toulouse et Montréal
Iamthe WallahRUs
Winter 2009-2010 Sabbatical - India, Southern France.
PiggyFest09LIVE!
Facilitating Scott Hébert-Daly's live feed from the Piggyback International Fringe Festival Wakefield Québec June 28-30 2009
FunkEWakefield
Provoking discussion to ensure maximum community reflection on and input to the PPU planning process for Wakefield Québec - Summer 2009.
Eathquaking
Pakistan Earthquake relief - October 2005
Elvis was a Truckdriver
Vancouver Canada garage band 2002 Archives
Their Blogs
MegZenRoute
Margaret Barker's sabbatical blog
Open Asia
Boutique Photography and Custom Tours of India by David ONeil
Foodarazzi
Curious questioning and fearless exploration in the kitchen by Cassandra Kobayashi
Margaret Barker's sabbatical blog
Open Asia
Boutique Photography and Custom Tours of India by David ONeil
Foodarazzi
Curious questioning and fearless exploration in the kitchen by Cassandra Kobayashi
Twitterittering
Twittering eloquent media from LeMonde (Paris), LeDevoir (Montreal), El Pais (Madrid) et NewYorkTimes: