Post 4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZKtelBD534

This was certainly interesting and quite nice to listen to as well. I suppose the song is called "Shab Shishey"
Instrumentation-wise I heard flute (2 i believe), violin, cello, harp, maracas and guitar. It could either be guitar or harp or both. All these instruments are fairly quiet which would accompany a mellow song well. The song is sung in Arabic with a lot of embellishments. There are a lot of parts that sound like the singer is going around the pitch but that may be the middle eastern use of "quarter notes" which have a very small interval. For some reason, Arabic is quite soothing to listen to. The tempo floats at around 132ish according to the metronome so it's slow enough to be mellow. Dynamics-wise, like previously stated, it's quite mellow and soothing to listen to. I don't understand Arabic but this song might be a sad song. The singer starts off softly and towards the end of the song there is a climax moment of stronger sound. This is also emphasized by singing a higher pitch. The melody is first carried by the flutes in the introduction. When the singer comes in, the singer has the melody while no other instrument has the exact same line. The flutes and violins accompany the singer nicely. They are not overly loud but just loud enough to be present. The guitar and maracas keep a steady tempo with a rhythm in the background. They keep repeating this rhythm throughout the whole song. Since the singer seems like she's doing her own thing at times, the guitar and maracas keep the tempo and, in a sense, guide the singer through the song. The violins also have 8th notes rhythms though those are not used so much for time keeping. With some faster moving notes in the song, it will sound less boring and give it some movement which such a mellow song needs.