Comments on: This Week In Synths: Iraq, Birthdays, Kawai SX-240, Howard Jones Goes Retro, Dr. Who http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/03/this-week-in-synths-iraq-birthdays-kawai-sx-240-howard-jones-goes-retro-and-dr-who/ The latest gear, software, and techniques for electronic music production and performance Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Kirn http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/03/this-week-in-synths-iraq-birthdays-kawai-sx-240-howard-jones-goes-retro-and-dr-who/comment-page-1/#comment-169941 Peter Kirn Fri, 04 May 2007 05:25:27 +0000 http://createdigitalmusic.com/2007/05/03/this-week-in-synths-iraq-birthdays-kawai-sx-240-howard-jones-goes-retro-and-dr-who/#comment-169941 Synths are fairly popular in the Arabic world because they can easily adapt to maqams (Arabic modes). Keyboard just ran a good piece on this; I meant to link it here originally but thought I'd follow up with software solutions as well as hardware. The <a href="http://www.keyboardmag.com/story.asp?sectioncode=28&storycode=17606" rel="nofollow">story on Abe Diab</a> is there, with some tips on playing Arabic tunings. That said, no idea if this is just a stock Casio or not. Someone else could probably offer insight into the musical situation in Iraq. Music goes on even in times of war, of course. And we occasionally get Iraqi domains in referrer logs. Synths are fairly popular in the Arabic world because they can easily adapt to maqams (Arabic modes). Keyboard just ran a good piece on this; I meant to link it here originally but thought I’d follow up with software solutions as well as hardware. The story on Abe Diab is there, with some tips on playing Arabic tunings.

That said, no idea if this is just a stock Casio or not.

Someone else could probably offer insight into the musical situation in Iraq. Music goes on even in times of war, of course. And we occasionally get Iraqi domains in referrer logs.

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