Bassem Alkhouri demonstrates the qanun

Bassem Alkhouri demonstrates the Arabic qanun for composers; recorded in 2009 at the Atlas Academy, Amsterdam.
Interviewed by composer Artjom Kim
Camera/pre-editing Nelleke Koop
Sound Kasper Koudenburg
Finalization Caio Amon
Supervision Joël Bons
www.atlasensemble.nl
AtlasEnsemble

[@tomycaballero8435]

I'm fascinated by that beautiful instrument's sound and techniques, I couldn't stop listening all day! Greetings from Spain!

[@tattianasalles3019]

Those middle east kind of music remember a lot spanish music and flamenco.

[@aokiaoki4238]

It's a Greek instrument with a Greek name. Byzantine painting :
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[@jhondoe674]

@@aokiaoki4238 its a arabic music instrument.. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qanun_(instrument)

[@aokiaoki4238]

@Simon Z it's totally Greek, Pythagoras made it. en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/qanun

[@aokiaoki4238]

@Simon ZIt has a Greek name and found in Byzantine pre-Arabic paintings. It's Greek, all your Arabic music is stolen from the Byzantines by the way, Stop spreading lies.
Have a traditional Greek song from Macedonia
ua-cam.com/video/HJyLWbuGX5A/v-deo.html

[@la2123]

Although zither is widespread all around the globe but every culture has its own way. This is beautiful.

[@ali1968]

this guy can type 500 words per minute...

[@Catva-sc2hz]

kad air ya mean per second?

[@AminAkodumun]

@@Catva-sc2hz 1 second of this music have more words than 500 words per second

[@KathyPepers]

Thank you! That was so interesting and lovely to hear. A beautiful instrument (and great musician!).

[@StillUp2Date]

+Leandro Giraldo Lozano It's called "kanoon" or "qanun"

[@faroorooash]

I looove qanun, sounds amazing

[@chiron14pl]

I loved the qanun for many years. This is the best explanation for how it is played. Thanks so much, it was very helpful.

[@nabeelshehadeh9395]

beautiful technic and great qanun music I love it thank you

[@Lostpanda123]

Thanks for sharing this!! a great demonstration by a great player! Loved the Iraqi song! :)

[@annahakobyan]

Lilia and Alexandra Yaralian, Kanon Selections - Mozart & Komitas

[@stlev99]

Wow. Nice instrument and nice demonstration.

[@CharlieWhereis]

Est-ce que quelqu'un sait pourquoi ce monsieur ne crée pas plus de contenu en solo ? Je n'ai trouvé aucun joueur de kanun aussi talentueux que lui ! j'espère qu'un jour il nous fera un album ou quelque chose comme ça car je reste sur ma faim ! 👏

[@apobangpo]

I started playing when I was nine. Its really hard and you really need to make time for it to get good. This guy is awesome!

[@Mohammed_Alsalem]

the arab like thay music so beautiful and peaceful 💙

[@pacingBlue]

What a player! And what a sound..

[@daniyalsiddiqui9411]

MAX CHILL

[@mhajas725]

Wow that was awsome I really like the sound of that instrument I could listen to that all day,thanks for sharing :)

[@annahakobyan]

Lilia and Alexandra Yaralian, Kanon Selections - Mozart & Komitas

[@mariamhamdani5636]

thanks for the demonstration.it has been a great help

[@bobrezendeassis]

I just love the sound of this instrument, but my mind still can't accept that a person can get those little pegs right while playing.

[@alihacemuziq66]

Thank You Very Much, Bassem! Wonderful Instrument.

[@panduro37]

Oh..... I am in Awe ! Just... Wow

[@marioloi337]

Absolutely wonderful

[@user-qt9wl1oy6b]

Доброе время суток. Браво 👏 👏 👏

[@kimolos]

nice teacher-thank you

[@cncgeek]

heavenly !

[@alexmurray6515]

Thank you! Intereseting how is the sound in this instrument.

[@SamoylovaAlisa]

Beautiful!

[@jamesford5095]

Cool😮
So cool😮

[@soumidhar521]

Wonderful

[@iddqds]

i have tremors on my right arm. it shakes and generally slower than my left arm. i wish it wasn't so i could learn to play this.

[@B1Ibrahim]

Wonderfull ! - احسنت

[@mikejanson9102]

Love it

[@thanowacht]

روووعة ⚘❤

[@la2123]

Not sure if anyone noticed, Middle Eastern musical elements are widely found in Kpop songs, think about Blackpink.

[@Josp101]

turn on subtitles at 1:52 :)

[@salimhobb6078]

+Josp101 HAAHAHAHA .... thanks for the good laugh! With that said , my compliments to the musician ! Great playing!

[@azadhassan6015]

جميل جدا

[@keana172]

Amazing

[@MrTariq1988]

رائع جدا اتمنى لك التوفيق

[@Farhad-Besharati]

awesome

[@keratheartist]

Reedbush!
Elements: Air, Plant, Earth, and...Legendary?
It's instrument is the Qanun,, cuz it sounds cool lol
It's avaliable on the following islands:
Plant, Water, Earth, Haven and Shugabush.

[@mtglen]

Wow!!!!! :-)

[@szebaszten]

I have tried your tuning. It seems to start with a low G ... but if I was to follow the staff you posted in the video at 1:10 it looks like this: G, G#, Bb, C, C#, Eb, F, (here is where I am confused). It looks like you have posted Gb on bass clef or C natural on treble clef?? I thought the pattern repeated and would start over at G. Please help me.

[@DrIkhwan89]

wow...its amazing!!!

[@justinshewell6828]

Hello. I am creating an online course about Arabic music, and we talk about the Qanun in our course. I wanted to include some footage of how the qanun is played and how it sounds. Are you the copyright owner for this video? May I have permission to include it in our course video when we talk about the qanun? I can't offer any compensation but I can put a credit to the copyright owner in the video.

[@cncgeek]

10 years at least

[@JaiSingh-bv7mc]

👍

[@yasseralzoughby456]

روعة

[@akilisteroy6359]

Whats the price of best kanun turkish made? In turkey.

[@bakjor]

Fantastic I wonder who is the maker of this qanun

[@thebetergede]

Farabi

[@B1Ibrahim]

+bakjor Al-Farabi
an Old muslim scientist

[@murda_83murda31]

bakjor Ottoman now Turkey

[@thehitman06]

@@thebetergede farabi described but didn't invented it

[@hammouminator]

@PorroFirst to much practice i guess like violin or playing the harp but its really awesome

[@LouiS-mi3wk]

Bonjour

[@khaprince]

شنو اسم الموسيقى في اول المقطع؟؟؟ ☺️

[@TheTrackformer]

the kanun is just stunning. i really want to play one, but the prices are exhorbitant, also in turkey you've have to pay for a middle class kanun in average 1500-2000 usd.

[@gamez1]

the things to protect his fingers, how do you call them? i want some to buy them.

[@dalaffarhan2895]

they are there to fix the picks on the fingers not for protection, and they called "Rings"

[@Ranveer_sangha03]

Hahahahah

[@zulfadhli750]

😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@brendonhavener]

dough ready mom . . . don't rebel me

[@quentindassance3244]

Les 3C d'Endarra jvous vois

[@hectomarket3913]

AJIBBBB

[@recrew]

What song of Jamil Bashir do you play at the end ?

[@charlieyarak]

where can I get qanoun like this one

[@reemibrahim1988]

please does anyone know the name of the last instrumental that he plays????????

[@adibhanna]

+reem Ibrahim It's called Qanun

[@mikepence3037]

InstrumentAL

[@murda_83murda31]

reem Ibrahim yes is Kanun( qanun)

[@lxtus_xoxo]

how are kanuns notated?

[@ayxanletifov6099]

ok

[@kebman]

So, he tunes it up and down on the fly....

[@spiderfingers9128]

This makes me smell hot sauce

[@NemsisGaming]

start by french, am like yes, continue in english wtf hahaha

[@jalal1392]

@PorroFirst it would pay out lol :)

[@christiangc4344]

Neck

[@Majeed.]

دندنة

[@edgarnavasardyan879]

ARMENIAN NATIONAL INSTRUMENT

[@dangerousinlove8536]

No it's Arabic instrument are u mad?

[@nelx5402]

It is an armenian instrument. ❤

[@SoldieroftheImam313]

😂😂It's Levantine stolen by Turks then spread to Armenia

[@androidrobot8809]

the instrument looks horrible but it sounds heavenly.

[@irishdogclock]

Who's here because of Q?

[@alyahoodii]

No one because no one here is absorbed in a phony cult.

[@deepak2268]

Beautiful!!!

[@robyroberto3742]

جميل جدا

[@bakjor]

Fantastic I wonder who is the maker of this qanun

[@lybrebel14]

No one knows! But the Arab civilisation for sure.

[@SoldieroftheImam313]

@@lybrebel14 probably somewhere in the Levant