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Encounter God's unlimited presence and unconditional love in this joyful picture book inviting kids into all parts of God's creation, from the mountains to the anthills and, most of all, in our hearts amid joy, sadness, calm, and chaos.

Learn to play the ancient Middle Eastern reed flute known as the nay. Famous in Sufi poetry for its wailing soulful sound, it is not hard to fall totally in love with this instrument. However, it is not so easy to play. Musicians who are flautists already will also have difficulty as the nay requires its own special method or embouchure to make a sound. The notes generated by the nay form primary scales known in the Middle East and Orient as m...

Cameron Powers, musician and linguist, begins cross-cultural explorations early in life by mountaineering in the Peruvian Andes and running his "terrible tours" in Mexico and Peru. "Whatever you do, don't go there!" is the clue needed to choose an interesting destination. Ultimately Cameron's calm but adventurous spirit led him to enter Baghdad while the city was still in flames following the 2003 bombing so that he might sing Iraqi love songs...

By combining details of ancient Middle Eastern Musical Maqam teachings and the physics of Just Intonation, which describe perfect harmony, Powers is able to present a simple solution to these musical mysteries. These dozens of ancient musical scales can give a huge palette of musical colors with which to improvise and compose.

By combining details of ancient Middle Eastern Musical "Maqam" teachings and the physics of Just Intonation, which describe perfect harmony, Cameron Powers is able to present a simple solution to these musical mysteries. Musicians can now explore the vast collections of ancient musical modes. Great players and singers unconsciously move into these modes. That's what makes them great! Why not make this technique conscious? Finding and perfo...

Musicians desiring to play the Dance music, the Sacred music or the Folk music of the Arab and Turkish worlds must study these scales. Discover the musical basis for the incredibly rich emotions associated with Middle Eastern music. Forty-Five Arabic Musical Scales are taught in this book. Many scales include "quartertone" intervals. From Cairo to Tunisia, Damascus to Baghdad, Beirut to Aleppo and as far west as Istanbul and even into Greece, ...

Could Millions of People Benefit from this Information? One man's search for a solution to this common problem just might bring beneficial information to many others dealing with this same cardiac arrhythmia problem. But recent surveys reveal that three quarters of the US population may be suffering the consequences of the same health problem. What are some of these consequences? The list goes on and on: Type II diabetes, Chronic fatigue...

A real-life modern Musical Mission of Peace into Baghdad: American couple put their hearts on the line and invade Iraq by singing popular Arabic music on the streets of Baghdad as the US Marines invade with weaponry in the spring of 2003. They give another message to Iraqi people: we're here to sing and to learn and to listen. How were they received? And what was it like for them in the streets of Cairo, Ramallah, Amman and other Arab cities a...

Photographic and adventure document. Rowing rafts and hiking and climbing with lots of time to do it. Feeling at home living in the Grand Canyon. Communal living in the wild. Back to nature at its best. The author was fortunate enough to be included on four river trips which took place between 1969 and 1975. This book contains an expanded version of the written journal kept by the author during a passage through the lower half of the G...

Cameron Powers has immersed himself in the Arab world, the Greek world and the Inca world. He has derived some fascinating knowledge about different ways of cultural being as a result. Cameron and Kristina Sophia, who has journeyed through the Arab world with him, pursued their own brand of diplomacy as "Musical Ambassadors" and were on the streets of Baghdad singing popular Iraqi music with Iraqi citizens during the spring of 2003. They h...