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Originally Posted by CaltechViolist
But I don't hear anything in it that doesn't sound like it's in the Western musical tradition?!
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Yes, the very most eastern aspect of this song is the language he is speaking. The song however sounds a little bit like a classic-stlye american song along the lines of something from The Godfather (no songs I know - it is just the style that is familiar). It really actually sounds more like a lounge tango or flamenco. Something from the 50's or 60's or even something latiny. I just don't see an eastern influence in this music. If it was truely eastern than it would most likely be written in the Pentatonic Scale (which I find truely boring). This is definately written in the regular western tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone-tone-semitone scale.
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