Middle Eastern music on guitar: Huseyni and Bayati scales

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In this video I show how to approximate the Huseyni and Bayati scales on guitar, and the chords that go with them. This scale is really common in Turkish, Arab, and Greek music.
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[@UnderTheNorthStar]

I've literally been searching UA-cam for years for this tutorial. Thank you for explaining it all so clearly.

[@a7med228]

You got a new subscriber brother , there is no one covering such scales on guitar but you , and I really appreciate you.

[@b_markovic]

Andalusian music shares heritage with Middle Eastern music. And technically Flamenco had the same problem (mapping microtonal maqam modes to equal tempered chromatic scale) and since not many solutions can be forged to the problem whilst also preserving the "spirit" of the music on chromatic instruments, it's bound to sound same(ish).

[@Electric.Spaghetti.Neon.Studio]

Thanks for all your videos! They are most helpful. I appreciate the slow pace and the very straightforward explanations - they make the concepts easy to understand. If I lived in NY I'd certainly take some lessons from you.

[@pestepadure1553]

I don't get it!! Closer to F and closer to F sharp isn't the same thing? So, is it a single scale? That has F+1 microtone ( = F sharp -1 microtone). Why do you say it like there are two difffrent scales on the way up and down?

[@sashaabdali508]

great lesson

[@aleksandroamidzic9709]

You're amazing. I applaud you. This helped me so much. 10/10

[@recency_bias]

Do you think you could make a little summary text of the notes and chords you use in your videos for reference?

[@pestepadure1553]

So, is it only one scale: E F+one microtone, G, A, B, C+1 microtone, D, E?

[@melodelay2484]

Thanks man, i was looking to understand this scale, and this is the only video that helped 👍👍👍 ( between Dorian and phrygian made it easy )

[@AndiEliot]

Sounds a lot like flamenco!

[@mc_classic_23]

Great Lesson sir..:)

[@benlewis6453]

I would never have thought of sharpening on the way up, flattening on the way down without this. Thanks, gives me loads to play with. I usually approximate micro-tones with string bending, not sure how accurate that is, though

[@MuratKMusic]

Hmm I've tried it on a guitar and it gets pretty awkward. I mean of course you can do blues/rock type bends on a guitar and that's also microtonal. But It's basically impossible to play middle eastern microtonal scales on a guitar with bends.

[@benlewis6453]

@@MuratKMusic oh yes, I've not idea if I'm doing it right, and my ears aren't that good at picking up microtones. I love the Dorian up/Phrygian down approach, I was practicing it loads last night after watching your video. Sounds amazing. I love drifting between keys, majors, minors, and modes anyway.

[@bosna737]

Nice video!

[@hansdevriesvonmengden3639]

What's with the thumbs down? I can't see anything here that anyone could object to.

[@MuratKMusic]

Thanks. The thumbs downs were was done by a bot, they all came on the same day from Vietnam and Romania. I can only assume from another guitar teacher on UA-cam...

[@peterforrest3424]

SAd people who live a life of thumbs down

[@mrmasrawy92]

@@MuratKMusic Seriously? people do that? wow!

[@chadrips]

Thumbs down are complimentary from Hendrix fans, the classic reach around, er not to be confused with........, well, you get the idea!!! Cool vid bro

[@iskandarboulhout9082]

You didn't play bayati

[@drowdaba]

when i was like 15 i used to play the scale right inbetween a dorian and a phrygian and laugh with my brother as a joke. i'm glad i can actually find out more sbt these now

[@drowdaba]

like quarter tone

[@drowdaba]

i'd bend those two notes, inbetween b2 and normal 2, and b6 snd normal 6

[@armiaadel3565]

انا مصري والسيكاه او الربع تون متنفعش بالفرتات علشان دي بتخليها نص مش ربع تون

[@MuratKMusic]

Thanks=)

[@klisd]

thank you so much for the video. I have just one important question: When you say "slightly sharp" what interval do you mean? a quarter tone? three-quarters of a tone? I am trying to write an academic article on microtonalism and I would very much like to understand the range of microtones to be exhibited at work.

[@MuratKMusic]

Hmm well it can get pretty complicated. But most of the time in Turkish folk music the microtone is exactly in between two notes. So take a minor thirds and divide it exactly in two and that's your note (look up baglama fretting) In Turkish classical music it does get more complicated though.

[@Eliamoreable]

Hi! I' m learning Hebrew and i love jewish arabic songs! I d love to learn guitar for my songwriting andò sue some of those amazing beautiful melodies

[@MuratKMusic]

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[@MuratKMusic]

Turkce de yapicam...

[@mavriv]

Your ebook is currently unavailable for purchase.

[@muratkeyder]

Really? Where are you located? Just email me [e-mail] if you can't get it.

[@Superzlam32]

is there middle eastern scales that don't contains any 1/4 of ton ?

[@silverlightsonSLS]

3/4 of ton

[@AhmedHamdyAiad]

of course. we have 9 main scales only 4 contain quarter tone and the rset don't contain any quarter tone.

[@MuratKMusic]

yeah, a lot. there's a lot of major minor, Phrygian etc.

[@AaronKennedy66]

i can totaly see some opethlike prog riffs in turkish scales.

[@MaghrebProductions]

give me your tuning please !

[@Muzikman127]

Standard (EADgbe)

[@asenacelikkaya7646]

türkçe neden anlatmıyorsunuz ?

[@abdulhameedhatem2708]

It sounds like Kurd scale . The quarter tone is not demonstrated.

[@andrew01]

Compare to the North Indian Sindhi Bhairavi.

[@MuratKMusic]

Bhairavi is just Phrygian right?

[@andrew01]

@@MuratKMusic Sindhi Bhairavi is a version that has a similar ascending/descending pattern.