“Keesher Bar (Night Dance)” written and performed by Ara Dinkjian, Armenian Music l Met Music

“Keesher Bar (Night Dance)”, written and performed by Ara Dinkjian. Filmed in the The Koç Family Galleries featuring Carpets, Textiles and the Greater Ottoman World and Arts of the Ottoman Court (14th-20th centuries), on August 1, 2018.
Featured instrument:
Manol (Emmanuel Venios) (Greek, active Turkey, 1838-1915/16), Ūd, 1916, Istanbul, Turkey.
Spruce, mulberry, various woods, mother-of-pearl, mastic. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Amati Gifts, 2014 (2014.522a, b)
www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/656846?searchField=All&sortBy=relevance&ft=ud&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1
Production support was provided by The Augustine Foundation.
Credits:
Director: Kate Farrell
Producer: Melissa Bell
Editor: Alex Guns
Camera: Alex Guns and Kelly Richardson
Lighting: Ned Hallick
Gaffer: Christopher Yurnet
Sound Recording and Post-Production Audio: David Raymond
Production Coordinator: Kaelan Burkett
Production Assistants: Stephanie Wuertz, Sarah Cowan
Organized by the Department of Musical Instruments
Jayson Kerr Dobney, Frederick P. Rose Curator-in-Charge
Bradley Strauchen-Scherer, Associate Curator
J. Kenneth Moore, Curator Emeritus
Tim Caster, Principal Technician
Pamela Summey, Programs Coordinator
© 2018 The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[@serdarsaydan]

he is one of the rare masters out there with an absolute personal touch. no one plays like him.

[@mr.crighton9491]

i wonder how his heart was while he played Armenian music in such a place.

[@carolloveskiwis]

Ara is brilliant and a family friend. My late dad, Nishan, also played the oud in an Armenian band, and was truly amazed by Ara's amazing talent and musicality. Bravo, Ara.

[@archie26]

Proud to be Armenian. ♥

[@plebonhomme6982]

Me too axper.

[@thehabibis8292]

What a beautiful antique oud.. well looked after... exquisite sound..and played so beautifully...

[@bridgetkibbey]

Consummate musician and always straight from the heart.

[@korayarkan5869]

Ara Dinkjan gibi bir üstadı geçte olsa keşfetmenin hüznünü ve sevincini aynı anda yaşıyorum

[@hi_arav]

Bravo Koray jan

[@DrRonArt]

I follow to serve my turn upon him: We cannot all be masters, nor all masters Cannot be truly follow'd. ~Iago

[@billal707]

Beautiful

[@herrmaneliggg295]

senin gibi bir üstadı geç keşfetmenin hüznü...

[@tatulmovsisyan8052]

🇦🇲❤️🇮🇷

[@samiralzoubi3451]

الله عليك

[@hadiyegulayacar]

❤

[@avzarathustra6164]

nice

[@gabrieletrovato3939]

Awesome :) Which microtonal scale is he using?

[@barefootarts737]

I think it modulates between -at least- two. I think one is in the Ussak group, generally. This sounds like nearly a composition, and so it’s full of changes all over. Dance tunes and folk melodies are easier to identify. And learn.

[@Pados_music]

That one is in Ussak mode with a little bit Segah mode.

[@sleekismboyz605]

@@Pados_music Παίζεις Ούτι ρε

[@heikoweise9679]

Hi! how this oud is tuned normal Fa- Fa ? i heard some tune E to E? thanks

[@hachemtaleb5721]

in which maqam is it played ?

[@Nolanthegardener]

What kind of pick is he using?

[@azmer466]

Nolan Friedline in turkish we call it mızrap, can be made from plastik, bone or wood of cherry tree, İf you need more information check this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud

[@hyenightbird]

@@azmer466 Traditionally, oud was played with an eagle feather but no longer available.

[@ngevrekyan]

ABRIS

[@hayots_lernashkharh]

wait until these turks find out he is Armenian and that the name of the song he is playing is in Armenian 😂😂 also this song wasnt written by him. im sure its an old armenian wedding song although the songs name means night dance

[@superadlerboy]

we have a lot of armenians living in Turkey since the begin of the seljuk and ottoman eras. Your comment has no point. I can list up a couple of armenian descended turkish artists and musicans we are listening to. Armenians outside of Turkey are mostly butthurts and try to make hate between the peoples like you.

[@hovignokhoudian1557]

"ottoman"

[@hasnabreg1105]

Ottoman doesn't just mean Turkish, Armenians also played a big role in ottoman life, a big enough role for the Turks to want to kill us. But before all of that we were proud ottoman citizens

[@Arayig1982]

@@hasnabreg1105 Our Armenians were not citizens per se, but subjects of the sultan. Ottoman Empire was just that, an empire, not a state nor a country but a grouping of countries/eyalets and late in empire, villayets/provinces.

[@rubo1964]

agree too many oriental embellishments.Armenian music like out architecture has structure and does not get into too many superficial embellishments which are common in Islamic ornamental arts architecture and music.

[@superadlerboy]

@@hasnabreg1105 lol you revolted against the Turks with the support of the russians so you attacked unprotected turkish villages and murdered the villagers while dreaming about greater armenia. But in the end russians gave you no greater armenia. they just used you to seperate Turkey and Azerbaijan from each other with giving you the zengezur corridor. russians even used you armenians to make trouble in Central Asia Turkestan. Armenians always lying about history lol. #stoparmenianlies #dontbelievearmenia #armenianterrorists #dashnaktsutyunisterrorism #asalaisterrorism

[@rubo1964]

Too many oriental embellishments. There is very little Armenian music in it. Ara is great player but at heart this is not Armenian music.

[@flanorlerii]

Ruben Sahakian Actually you are right. This is not oriental music at all. Actually this is mostly byzantian music that spread all of Anatolia. Turks took Byzantian music and they turned music into maqam music.

[@arinnahapatian8567]

@@flanorlerii I would be interested to read and learn about this. Do you have any sources? THanks!

[@flanorlerii]

@@arinnahapatian8567 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_music

[@maryp8725]

what's the difference? It is beautiful music....MUSIC being the key word@@mahsubas

[@Tig660]

your sayat nova is not armenian music either