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Hi jgannon all good...Oh yeah I dig what you are saying. Dear God, I'm thinking about what I wrote and how it might have come across. I love all different kinds of music including Indian and Kulthum. I was just kind of trying to highlight the melodic quality of Western music. But I will absolutely listen to other styles from around the world. Absolutely. I love all different kinds of music. Great story also. Thanks for sharing.
EDIT: At the computer now and it's easier to type. What I said really didn't come out right before. I didn't mean to reduce all Indian music to how I described it, nor disparage Umm Kulthum. I haven't heard her in a long time either. I just remember listening to her during a documentary years ago, and how people described the rapture listening to her. I remember thinking that maybe a large part of what we respond to emotionally, musically, could be a matter of cultural upbringing - NOT that that is an absolute as we all know. Not by a space shot. But I remember thinking that conditioning, by virtue of living in a certain culture, COULD be involved in triggering emotional responses. And this is not to say that someone outside that culture couldn't feel that. THANK GOD for all of these differences.
Regarding Western music, there is a melodic quality to it that is so beautiful, and for which I'm so thankful to have been immersed and nurtured by.
Regarding Umm Kulthum, I'm going to listen to her again real soon. I also did dig her. I hope what I have added here, clears up a little bit what I was trying to say.