PHILOXENIA - MUSIC STUDIO AND FOLKLORE

Re: PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - The Enlightened Time - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

5/7/2009 1:59:21 PM

Dear Jill!

AWESOME is a word we greeks use for God. THANK YOU!
I will not comment you but I will give more sounds of my roots.

I am givining you People CAUCASUS and EUXINE SEA

Click above

Night Ride Across the Caucasus by Loreena McKennitt made by hikmet chechnya

Happy Mother's Day
Georgios

Re: PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - The Enlightened Time - Patricia Bartch

5/6/2009 1:30:23 PM

WOW !!! Never would I expect to hear this song played on this ancient instrument. Thanks Georgios for the video.

Hugs to you, (but stay your distance....I have a very bad cold !!! LOL)

Pat

Dr Matheos Tsachurides.
He plays CARELESS WISPER
on an ancient Pontian lyre.

My lilacs from last year

Re: PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - The Enlightened Time - Jill Bachman

5/6/2009 1:10:03 PM

Hi Georgios,

George Michael is out of this world, and you have done a beautiful job on expanding your music forum. Wow! You bring more value to Adland and to me than I can think for words to describe. THANK AWESOME PERSON! :-)

And a GREAT BIG HUG and THANK YOU for nominating Attitude is Everything for BFA. I am so excited that it won and I appreciate your wonderful support more than you will ever know. Hopefully a little more traffic will open some more eyes as to what is happening in our little universe. That is my commitment to humanity. lol

Thank you for being you. You are a dear friend!

Hugs, Jill

Re: PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - A Pontian Greek meets a Persian and the Bazar turns WILD - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

5/3/2009 9:06:42 AM

TRADITIONAL WEEDING
The Greek Way

The Pontian Greek Dr Makoulis Tsahouridis and the Persian Hussein Zachawi, both Musicians met in a Greek Wedding and turned the streets up and down.

FROM PONTOS TO PERSIA

Click above

Today Greeks and Persians are good friends and the ancient fight for dominance are now shown in the streets in best way.

A dance face to face (wedding dance) in the middle of the market place made all the STRANGERS CURIOUS

Greetings
Georgios

Re: PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - CARELESS WHISPER - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

5/3/2009 5:25:08 AM

click above (Lyre version - Careless Whisper)

My dedication is a solo extract played by
a talented Greek Dr Matheos Tsachurides.
He plays CARELESS WISPER
on an ancient Pontian lyre.

George Michael full version

click above

Georgios

PHILOXENIA# Music Studio - The Enlightened Time - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

12/20/2007 10:29:29 AM

Dear friends

This is the MUSIC STUDIO. Let's make a tour to America. Utah and Arizona.

White Buffalo Woman! And the Indian Nation Shall Rise Again! The Great Spirt is on your side!

Happy Holidays
Georgios

PHILOXENIA #Music Studio - MY IDILION - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

12/16/2007 2:28:32 PM

MY IDYLION

"'Sing O Muse, Sing to us of the glorious gods,
Who ruled the land and sea.
And tell us Of the fair beauty of the goddesses
Who dwell in Eternal Olympus.'
'Sing to us, O Muse: Of Ages that has come to past,
Of those mighty warriors Wielding their dreaded spears,
From the lores Of our Timeless Myths.'"

REGARDS
Georgios

UBIEE - Music Studio - SANCTA LUCIA - A modern Swedish Event Dec 13th - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

12/13/2007 6:24:16 PM

SANCTA LUCIA

One day I will teach you the TRUE LEGEND
about LUCIA and December 13th and the beauty of the name. I have my speech from 1996. I just need to translate it.

As a Modern Event.

December 13 is Saint Lucia day in Sweden, where each town's voted "Sankta Lucia" wears a crown of candles and, escorted by girls in white with a red sash and "star boys" wanders the town bringing light and song (and saffron buns!)

From the Lucia Celebration

Enjoy a trraditional event

Georgios

PHILOXENIA #: Music Studio - Ancient String Instruments - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

11/30/2007 8:07:28 PM

PONTOS

YOU CAN PLAY ANYTHING YOU WANT WITH A PONTIC LYRA

MICHAIL KALLIONTZIDIS
ANOTHER SCHOLAR

(Pontic Lyra - Click above)

Happy Week End
Georgios

Re: UBIEE - Music Studio - Ancient String Instruments - Georgios Paraskevopoulos

11/14/2007 4:21:39 PM

ANCIENT STRING INSTRUMENTS
The Anglo-Saxonic Hearpe

The Anglo-Saxonic Hearpe

The Anglo-Saxon hearpe is properly called a 'lyre' in Modern English: The lyre seems to have always been six stringed, but how it was played and tuned will have to remain a mystery. It is possible that each string was tuned to a different note and then just plucked, although the tunes would be severely limited with less than an octave range, or it may have been that a number of strings were used for chords and drones, whilst others had their note changed by applying pressure to the back of the string and then plucking for the melody. However it was played there seems to be a peculiarly English convention of reinforcing the top tenon joints with a decorative plaque, usually of bronze, riveted through the joint. This served not only to strengthen the joint but also to decorate the lyre. The instrument itself was made of wood, with gut or horsehair strings. The pegs, bridge and tail-piece could be of wood or bone.