Googoosh? Why yes...

As we further explore deeper into the music culture of of various countries, Googoosh's music uses several instruments that I find surprising to hear as well as her peculiar style. Googoosh sounds like she was influenced by bit swing and jazz in some of the songs due to number of well-known aerophones used throughout her work like the french horn. From the videos of her performances, I assume she trying to convey a story about love through her usage of the rasa and interweaves them with the jazzy sound to create a rather familiar blend know to westerners.

Her music style was homophonic. She manages to sustain a candence pitch in one of her pieces, but I'm having trouble if its whether samvadid or plain vadi due to lack any proper knowledge of the Indian music culture. The gamak is present throughout the piece and creates a rather alluring sound to reach in grab the audience's anticipation. The large absence of her singing in certain periods of the song help create the anticipation of the audience. It doesn't try to be exotic in any way, but it achieves in creating an atmosphere of remorse for the lover in the song. The french horns give off the sounds of panic and distress through this piece while her singing seem to be rather guidance. Exploring the Iranian music culture made me think how much western music has influenced other countries and how they seem to welcome it.

Edit: I just realized that I categorize this type of music as Indian when it is clearly Iranian. Well, there are some common Arabic sounds throughout her music to fool people into believing it was done by them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x36bTfKOLIE&feature=related