Notes from the Virtual Ms B

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Middle East 9 - Middle Eastern Music

Visit the National Geographic World Music website to find a Middle Eastern artist.

Choose an artist/ song and write a music review that describes:
the lyrics
the song's meaning
the beats
the feelings you had while listening to it
the artist's motivation for writing or performing the song

22 comments:

mani said...

Mahmoud Fadl
drummer from the Nile
the sounds from Mahmoud Fadl sounds like Indian belly dancing music the drums only come in a few times in the song
his motivation was being forced to leave his home land of nubia thats why he became a musician

isaiahdatguy said...

Bibi Tanga And the Selenites
singer from sub-Saharan
Made me feel like a groove or like some type of relax music i was listening to
I dont know what he was saying or his motivation because he was speaking in African

TakiyahStewart said...

Aziza A - SaLLa (Shake It)

I don't know the lyrics beccause she was speaking turkish. The songs meaning was to tell you to dance or "shake it". The beats were very fast. The feelings I had to this song was that I felt like dancing the artists motivation was to make you dance and it worked.

J-Man said...

Omar Offendum
Song: Destiny
a rapper who genre is Arab rap

The song is singing about achieving his destiny, plus its got a good beat and makes you want to bounce your head a little

Unknown said...

i listened to some of Marcel Khalife' music

And in my opinion i didnt really like it , but his music was really hyper and fast.
Most of his songs were also just him using instruments like guitars, drums, and etc.
From the website it said he was Lebanese and from listening to some of the sings it seems they like fast tempo types of beats , so i'm sure alot of middle eastern people dance to his songs.

acacia said...

i listened to The Masters of Persian Music.

They combine the talents four of Iran's most celebrated musicians. Some of the songs lyrics were sad and some of them were happy and mad you want to dance. They are a very well known music group. At the beggining before I listen to the music I didnt think I would like it but once I heard it I really liked it, and my feeling when I hear their music is that it makes me want to learn more about there culture.

2gunn kevis said...

Lee "scratch" perry(disco devil)
this song says how he feels wen he listens to music and the ltrics are symbolic not self explantory. the beats describes the beats in his head wen he hears certain music. the feeling i had was like listening to a hypnotizing song. his motivation for writing this song was to tell people how he felt and how he listens to music

Unknown said...

Omar Offendum Song: Destiny
a rapper who genre is Arab rap

The song is singing about achieving his destiny, plus its got a good beat and makes you want to bounce your head a little...lol

Essence said...

Marcel Khalifé - caress
a musician

Kahilife music is so relaxing and makes you want to move and dance to it or just think about stuff. their isnt any lyrics to this song so you just have to think about what Marcel Khalifé was thinking when he played this beat. i reallly think that he relates his music to his culture and what they may like to listen to in his country.

dsderrick20 said...

Artist-DePedro
Song-equivocado
His lyrics sound like he was talking about a girl and they love .
It sound like this could be a dancing or a romantic song to be grooving with. This song would make me want to eat or something.

Unknown said...

the song i was listening to was written by bibi tanga and the salentines. the song was called shine, and it was an araibian classical.the song was slow and real chill when i was listening to it i felt like going to sleep and i was wide awake. it wasnt really my cup of tea but if it was on the radio and i was just chillin i would leave it alone and let it play. the people singing the song were talking about ther love and were the man or woman could find it. it kind of reminded me that song that goes like this. "aint no mountain high enough aint no river long enough,aint no valley low enough". yeah that song it was kind of like that. the beat in this song was cool and like i said it was one of them songs that would put you to sleep.

calebmchudson said...

Cheb abdou

song -Ki ndir nbatale
beat- is an up tempo beat
The feelings- the feelings it makes u have is making u dance
The author movitation- he wanted to show his people that he could make a difference in his people coulture
Meaning-make a difference in his people coulture
Lyrics- couldnt understand

denise11 said...

Baaba Maal Muyaable
It's tempo is really fast and it's about being free and enjoying life.The beats were like african music.It was very different.It sounded good for Africans they sing differently he had to from Africa.Because of the way he was singing.

malaysia said...

Choose an artist: Marcel Khalife, Its called Granada
the lyrics: There wasnt any lyrics
the song's meaning: It was for his teacher
the beats: It was like jazz it was slow music
the feelings you had while: It made me feel relaxed the artist's motivation for writing or performing the song:His teacher named Farid Ghosn

gorgXiomara said...

I listened to Driss El Maloumi play the guitar.
He didnt sing or nothing , no lyrics were involved,
The song was beautiful, the he played was very different. Ive never seen anyone play and tap on the wood. The way he played was soothing. The artist motivation was to bring peace to the mind and it worked (::::

JSmoove2456 said...

I listened to Marcel Khalife. He play the guitar. He didn't song, no lyrics. The song was really good it helps you relax. The artist motivation was to don't get mad at yourself, relax yourself.

Anonymous said...

Hakim (The Lion of Egypt):

*Lyrics
The Lyrics in his song are not english, he is speaking another language as he sing his song.

*The Song's meaning
I don't really know the meaning of his songs because he is speaking another language that I do not understand.

*The Beats
As i listened to some of his songs, i saw that most of the sounds are coming from many different instruments that were used for the song's sounds/beats.

*The feelings you had while listening to it
As i listened to his songs, it made me wanna dance because of the style and sound of the music. It was the type of songs that you do dances such as the Salsa to.

* The Artist's motivation for writing or performing the song
Hakim is known as The Lion of Egypt and he's a lion with a musical roar!

*Resources:
1 http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/hakim_6216/en_US

2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bibKTvG92YU

Unknown said...

omar offendum:

The song is (egypt)

a rapper who that is arab rap.

the songs was cool but he got alot of heart because he wats gone on with his people

Unknown said...

the name of my song is Aziza A - SaLLa. that means Shake It.I do not know the lyrics beccause the girl was saying another langauge. The songs meant to tell you to dance or and shake it, lolls. and the beat was all extra fast. so you would have to shake it fast :). i think this song to me was like, wanting to dance. the girls motivation was to make you dance and it worked for me

eboney@40 said...

well i listened to marcel Khalife befor his music is ok i guest but i really dont like listing to it cause somethime idont be knowing what he be saying but one of his song sound good but i cant find it cause i dont know the name of it.

Charlisse said...

The artist that I am doing is Fairuz.
The lyrics were in Lebanese.
I think that the meaning of this song has a lot to do with her life and what she indured.
The music uses a lot of diffderent kinds of instruments
The feelings that I had while listening to this were about her and what she was feeling when she wrote this.
I really couldnt understand what she was saying so I didnt know her motivation.

Kameceya said...

The artist i looked up was Marcel Khalife. The lyrics were from what i can tell in arabic. I couldn't realy tell the songs meaning because the lyrics and the words were in a different languse. The beats were a slow sounding melody that had about three instruments in it. A guitar or some sort of string instrument, something ike a harp or piano, and some lite drums. When i listened to it i felt calm, and serene. It is said that the artist wrote the song to calm and free his mind of negative thoughts