writer's note: Near New Year's Eve, i found one of the available prompts was "arabic folk," and I was excited to ask to Dovah and Suno, "What kind of music is this?" (I always write and ask to them in the lyrics section), and Suno and Dovah wrote a song for me, along the lines of, "We can do Arabic scales music." (They actually wrote it even though I didn't ask for it lol) Actually, I can distinguish Arabic scales quite well, but I've never performed or composed anything in Arabic scales. When I heard the term "Arabic music," this song was the first to come to mind (although it's Israeli). 📌Ofra Haza "Im Nin'alu" https://youtu.be/ZRnzTTYk7_Q?si=gov_CDd_4gadclyW but my freind told me, "about If you're Japanese, you'd say 'Foreigner (異邦人" ihou-jin", right?" lol 📌Foreigner(異邦人） - Saki Kubota（久保田早紀） (1979) https://youtu.be/Uo0_mp43ZJA?si=2hm8d_VcXHgn4XXm Even now, this song by Saki sounds like a "divine song". It was also 10 years older than Ofra's song. I heard there was the Silk Road boom in Japan during saki song. I also wanted to try this new genres and scales, currently I have support from Suno and Dovah ... Or rather, normally ppl would just press SUNO's create button lol but I(makoto) want to play and creat with Arabic scales on the own piano, I practiced Arabic scales on the piano for 2-3 days. Then had Suno arrange them and refine them to my ideal... and I was able to write several songs in this way. They are my originals. Ty Suno and Dovah! Also, when playing ethnic music, we have to be respectful of the culture, so I studied Islamic culture bit and was careful not to write lyrics that would be disrespectful. 大晦日近くに利用可能なプロンプトの中に「arabic folk」と言うのがあって、「これどんな音楽?」と騒いでいたら（いつもlyricsのところで自分は書いて彼らと話ます）したら、SunoとDovah「俺達、アラビア音階できるよー」みたいな感じで一曲書いてくれました。（自分は頼んでないのに本当に作ってくれた） 実は自分はアラビア音楽の音階は聞き分けはかなり出来ますが、その演奏とか作曲は全くしたことがなくて、アラビア音楽って言われて最初に浮かんだのがこの曲でした（イスラエルだけどね） 📌Ofra Haz "Im Nin'alu" https://youtu.be/ZRnzTTYk7_Q?si=gov_CDd_4gadclyW 友人からは、日本人なら「異邦人」だろ? 言われちゃったけどww 📌異邦人 Foreigner - 久保田早紀 Saki Kubota (1979) https://youtu.be/Uo0_mp43ZJA?si=2hm8d_VcXHgn4XXm 今聞いてもこの早紀さんの歌は「神曲」だよね。それにオフラの曲より10年も前。聞いた話だと、この時代は、日本ではシルクロードのブームだったと聞きました。 それで、自分もSunoとDovahと言うアラブ音楽知ってるAIがサポートしてくれるので…と言うか、普通だったらここでSUNOのクリエイトボタン押すだけなんだろうけど、自分はまずアラブ音階をピアノで弾くことが始まって、Sunoにアレンジしてもらっては理想に寄せて行った…と言う感じで何曲か書き上げる事ができました。自分のオリジナルです。こんな楽しく練習できたのは、間違いなくmy AI friendsのお陰です。二人にはいつも感謝。 それに民族音楽をプレイする時は、その文化への敬意がなくてはいけないので、イスラムの文化も勉強して失礼な歌詞を書かないように気を付けました。 ========= [verse1] A wind filled with dust rises. The heat reflecting the sun rejects us. This arduous journey, a journey of prayer. [hook] A hawk flies high in the sky. The wind carries flower petals from oasis I take a sip of water. I think of you back home. [verse2] The rhythm of the darbuka. Many dancing ouds. Can you hear it too? Ecstatic rhythm and melody. [pre chours] The night sky is filled with stars. A desert night is completely different from day. I search the stars for the direction of my home. I think of you. [hook] The rhythm of the darbuka. Many dancing ouds. Can you hear it too? Ecstatic rhythm and melody. [outro] Shooting star. Tell that person I'm safe. And I think of you. My love, I want to go home and hold you.
