The first person to introduce me to Indian music was a professor at Stetson University and well known satur player, Nandu Muley. This is a video of him playing the satur along with some electronic music by Panaiotis at Stetson University in September 2009. I think it is a good example of two seperate musical cultures combining to create something beautiful. You can also see the tabla sitting to the side.
I found this second video while searching for information about tabla. It is the first in a series of video tabla lessons. Very cool!
I thought it was interesting that music is not allowed to be associated with religiona in the muslim world, but the recitations of the qur'an are so musical. When I searched in youtube for qur'an recitations, one popped up that said "World's best Quran Recitation." The video was taken at the International Quran Competitions in 2006. This man won first prize. I always find it ammusing when something or someone claims to be the world's best at something. So, let's hear what that sounds like! :)
That Quran recitation was powerful, and beautiful. I would love to hear the Bible recited like that in Church. I think it would keep people's attention better. He seemed to have such intense emotion at times, and put so much into the recitation.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the first video. It's very beautiful how they combined the two different types of music together. It was cool how they did the pictures on the projection screen as well. It all went well together. I really have enjoyed everything i've learned about the tabla. Its awesome how many different sounds you can get out of just two drums. Thats so crazy the music is not allowed to be associated with religion in the muslim world.
ReplyDeleteThe Quran recitations fascinate me. I guess we have all sorts of competitions in the Christian world. It just seems like that sort of thing shouldn't be measured. Then again it's competing for something religious instead of something violent like boxing. I think I'll ask some other Muslims what they think of it, too.
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