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Muslim Music Quranic Chanting Vocal and Percussion Muslimhiphop.com Muslim nursery rhymes Sufi Music- Nusrat Fateh Ali Quranic Chanting The most central form of music in the world. The words of the Quran are expressed in the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds
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Quranic Chanting • Vocal and Percussion • Muslimhiphop.com • Muslim nursery rhymes • Sufi Music- Nusrat Fateh Ali
Quranic Chanting • The most central form of music in the world. • The words of the Quran are expressed in the rhythmic speaking or singing of words or sounds • http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/trackdetail.aspx?itemid=12667
Qawwali: what is it? • A form of spiritual expression through music • Began in the 19th century, a combination of many forms of classical Indian music
Samples of Qawwali • http://www.pakistanimusic.com/search.php?category=11&sortby=1&perpage=60
Qawwali Lyrics Selected Lyrics from Allah Hoo, a popular qawwali song. Artist: Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo---------- YOU are the provider of the fruits of the garden Every leaf says YOU are the Deity I depend on YOUR Grace and generosity YOU are my creator, my Master and my Deity Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo---------- Everyone supplicates to you YOU when at prayer All the supplicants say: YOU are the object Once the curtains of remissness were drawn, it was revealed That YOU are present everywhere and in every human being Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo, Allah Hoo----------
Muslim Hip Hop • Another expression of spirituality or identity through musical forms • Like qawwali, it is expressed through certain cultural forms – a combination of western musical influences including rock, disco, and R’ n ‘B
Muslimhiphop.com • Site dedicated to all types of modern creative expression • www.muslimhiphop.com • http://muslimhiphop.com/index.php?p=Hip-Hop/Sister_Haero • http://muslimhiphop.com/index.php?p=Hip-Hop/Sister_Haero
Cat Stevens • Cat Stevens in the 60s: • Song: The Wind • I listen to the wind to the wind of my soul Where I'll end up well I think, only God really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never never never I never wanted water once No, never, never, never I listen to my words but they fall far below I let my music take me where my heart wants to go I swam upon the devil's lake But never, never never never I'll never make the same mistake No, never, never, never
Yusuf Islam • Cat Stevens in the 90s: • www.catstevens.com • Song: God is the Light • How great the wonders of the heavens And the timeless beauty of the night How great -- then how great the creator? And its star like priceless jewels far beyond the reach of kings Bow down for the Shepard guiding him home But how many eyes are closed to the wonder of this night? Like pearls, hidden, deep beneath a dark stream of desires But like dreams vanish with the call to prayer And the dawn extinguishes night - here too are signs