On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 11:09:02PM +0000, Folderol wrote: > > It sort of conveys the idea of some sort of exotic caravan journey > across the ancient middle east. A small band of friends maybe? > http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Orient.ogg Chinese in the alps, I would say ;) It's full of volksmusik phrases. If you want to get away from that, you should perhaps study some to not do what they do. 3/4 can only make it hard to get away from that. AFAIK some belly dancing music uses wicked time signatures like 9/8 or 7/8, so consider switching. The chinese touch could be emphasized by working out the pentatonic character, I guess. Aside all that, there's some notes that drag against the beat. -- Thorsten Wilms Thorwil's Creature Illustrations: http://www.printfection.com/thorwil
