Re: Islamic Songs

Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 04:46:45 +0000 (UTC)
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Ulf wrote:
> As I understand a major part of our Umma considers the making of and the
> listening to music either haram or at least makruh. In any case - even if it
> is not considered makruh, most people will be reluctant to use musical
You understand wrong. The people who believe that are a minority. I urge
you to read on the history of old and modern music in the Middle East
and the effect it had on Muslims everywhere. I have already written here
on length about Om Kalthoum, the Egyptian Super Diva who had an
unprecedented (in all human history) effect on the largest number of
people. And she was but one example.
> Do you know of any place on Internet where there is either sheet music, or
> lyrics, in Arabic, English, and other languages available for use in
> teaching?
> Do you have experience with teaching of Islamic music and can you give
> recommendations?
There is no such thing as "Islamic Music". Islam allows recreation and
allows the arts. Period. The rest is cultural and pertinent to the
particular societies it evolved in. Here is a list of Middle Eastern
music sites, including lyrics and sheet music, be warned that Arabic
music theory and scales is quite different from Western:
http://www.6arab.com
http://www.maqam.com/sheet.shtml
http://www.arabicmusicalscores.com/
http://www.shira.net/lyrics.htm
http://www.7alim.com/
http://perth.mit.edu/saad/abdelwahab/
http://www.farid-el-atrache.com/index.php
http://www.farid-el-atrache.com/store/bookstore/musicsheet.html
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Moataz H. Emam