Hey Altair, do you know what's the music playing in that video? It certainly looks like a Greek folk music called "tsifteteli". It's specially suited for ladies table-dance.

Really dont want to hijack Roffs most excellent thread further, so going to answer here.



First off, you dirty old man

Secondely, thats a tough question to answer, the middle east, Greece, and Turkey, share a number of cultural similarities, and I am not just talking cuisine. When it comes to music, allot of Oud based music sounds similar I would think to the non familiar, especially if you are accustomed to other string instruments such as the guitar, which is a later version of the Oud (literally The Wood)

If you are really interested in that music, I recommend listening to Oud alone to get a sense of how it is played. Here is a particular piece I am fond of:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsrPBNmh5Qk

Another piece that I find uplifting:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNohikamc0&feature=fvw

And here is a Western part of music done on the Oud:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKXDvHMyOzc

Gets very interesting at 1:40 and upwards

Dont think that many will enjoy that music, I think it has more with growing up with one form over the other. I find the Oud more soulfull than the guitar, though that is probably the reverse in your case.