Arabic Songs

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If you are looking online for new Arabic movie songs, folk songs, traditional music, classic or devotional songs.  There are many website offering their service for downloading song, listening songs for a free or fees.   Look for sites that offer New Arabic Movie Music, Ghazals, Arabic Prayers, Old Arabic Songs, Arabic Folk Songs, Tradition Songs and Music, Marriage Songs in Mp3 and real format.  Always avoid sites that offer pirated music.

Arabic Music Facts

1. Arabic music is driven by its rhythms. The rhythms lead the melody and are not constant, varying throughout.
2. Standard tempos of Western music are absent in Arabic music.
3. Arabic music songs often begin with an arrhythmic or free rhythm introduction. This is called the taqassim, or division.
4. In Arabic music, the vocalist is allowed total freedom from tempo or rhythm, particularly when not accompanied by a rhythmic instrument.
5. Unlike Western music rhythms which break down evenly, Arabic music rhythms are additive. In other words, the Arabic music rhythms are a series of irregular smaller patterns with one following the next. They cannot be evenly divided, for example: 4+2+3+9, or 2+3+2+4=11. These patterns can be very complex, consisting at times of over 40 beats.
6. The basic components of an Arabic music rhythm are two kinds of beat and silences (rests). The downbeat (dumm) is a deep sound made by hitting the drum near the center. The upbeat (takk) is a crisper, high-pitched sound made by tapping the rim of the drum.

Now a days Arabic music created is a mix of traditional styles with modern production techniques. Arabic music is heard all over from stylish bars to cool boutiques where it evokes striking metaphors. It is catching up in America and is already admired in Europe

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The Arabic pop music scenario has changed by leaps and bounds. Download latest popular top10 new Arabic pop songs mp3 at the sites listed. One can download free Arabic pop songs mp3 or buy Arabic pop songs online for a small fee. Free download of the lyrics of Arabic pop songs or hot new Arabic pop videos is also available. 

Much of the Arab pop music is mainly produced in Cairo and Beirut is a secondary center. It is an outgrowth of the Arabic film industry which is also present in Cairo. The ughniyah or in English "Arab song" primary style is a one that synthetically combines pop melodies with elements of different Arab regional styles. Most of the songs are in a minor key, and themes focus on varying moods of longing, melancholy, strife, and generally love issues. Arab pop has found fans in communities of expats especially in France and the United States.

The early days of Arabic pop where more a traditional and classical style of music. Artists such as Umm Kulthum and made it acceptable for females to perform. In the 1970s with the rise of Western artists and the death of the early artists such as Umm Kulthum Western sounding Arabic pop began to take its initial shape. Artists like Dalida began to blend disco with the traditional Arabic songs and met with success. By the early 1990s artists such as Nawal Al Zoghbi rose to fame with their Western sounding Arab Pop.By the mid to late 1990s a style of Arab Pop Princesses rose to prominence akin to the west, defining the genre as it’s now known today in the modern world. Artists such as Haifa Wehbe, Nancy Ajram and Elissa rose to fame using traditional Arab instruments and Western melodies.

Some of the famous male Arabic pop singers are Abdel Halim Hafez, Amr Diab, Assi Al Hillani, Fadel Shaker, Faudel, Hani Shaker, Hisham Abbas, Khaled, Kathem Al Saher, Mohammed Abdel Wahab, Moustafa Amar and Ragheb Alama. Khaled’s didi had become a wroldwide rage.

Some of the famous female Arabic pop singers are Amal Hijazi, Angham, Asmahan. Aziza Jalal, Dalida, Dania, Darine Hadchiti, Dina Hayek, Fairouz, Ishtar, Latifa, Maya Nasri, Myriam Fare, Najwa Karam, Nancy Ajram, Nawal Al Zoghbi, Ruwaida al-Mahrooqi, Shadia, Shatha Hassoun, Sherine,  Umm Kulthum and Warda Al-Jazairia.

A list of my favorite Arabic pop songs is :
1.Didi by Khaled
2. Sirat el Houb by Umm Kulthum
3. Akhasmak Ah ("I’ll taunt you") by Nancy Ajram
4. Ya Gamil Ya Gamil by Farid Al Attrach.

Arabic music is a perfect example of amalgamation of music between the natives of a land and the land’s invaders. One can listen to top rare Arabic songs and music online or download free old and new latest Arabic songs mp3. The lyrics and videos and video clips of the hot Arabic songs are available for free download.

Arabic music is a blend of the music of the Arabs in the Peninsula of the arabs and the music of all the peoples who were conquered by the Muslim Arab invaders. It has also been influenced by Ancient Greek, Persian, Kurdish, Assyrian, Turkish, Indian, African (which is Berber & Swahili) and European music (which is Flamenco). Arabic music is the kind of music heard in the Arabic countries from the Gulf to the Maghreb.
Arabic music includes several genres and styles ranging from classical to pop music and from secular to sacred music. The development of Arabic music has deep roots in Arabic poetry which go back to the pre-Islamic period known as Jahiliyyah. Music during those days played an important role in cultivating the mystique of exorcists and magicians. Singing was not the work of intellectuals and was instead entrusted to women with beautiful voices (i.e. Al-Khansa). These women would also learn how to play some instruments used in those days like the lute, drum, Oud, rebab, etc and then sing the songs respecting the poetic metre. Among the notable songs of that period were the “huda” from which the ghina’ derived, the nasb, sanad. The Ghazal which is the most melodious love song was invented by the Arabs and is popular till date.

Much of Arabic music emphasizes on melody and rhythm, as opposed to harmony.
Typically, Arabic music is homophonic but there are some genres of Arabic music that are polyphonic.

In Arabic music, a maqam (plural maqamat) is a set of notes with traditions that define relationships between them, habitual patterns, and their melodic development. The maqam consists of at least two jins, or scale segments.The main difference between the Western chromatic scale and the Arabic scales is the existence of many in-between notes, which are sometimes referred to as quarter tones, to make matters simple.

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A list of my favorite Arabic songs is :

Majnoon Layla. (Crazy about Layla) by  Mohammed Abdel Wahab

The Arabic music of the new world is getting world wide recognition and people seem to be enjoying the music immensely. One can download free new latest Arabic songs mp3. One can also listen to the new Arabic songs online. The lyrics of all Arabic new songs are available for free download and the videos are also available.

The Arabic music of yesteryears has been revolutionized by the introduction of western instruments and genres like rap, hip-hop, and reggae. The phenomenon that greatly influenced intonation in Arabic music was the introduction of even-tempered instruments (some of which were altered to produce quarter tones), mostly in the second half of the 20th century. As a result of which the new generation of Arabic musicians, singers and listeners is losing touch with the traditional intonation of the 1920s and 30s because of the introduction of even-tempered instruments and harmony in. During the eighties and the nineties, music was changed drastically through the introduction of new technologies, and new instruments, and the westernization of Arabic music as a result of the strong impact of the picture and sound media.  Songs became shorter and music took the lead.

Arab music has now incorporated instruments from the West, like the electric guitar, cello, double bass and oboe, and incorporated influences from genres like jazz, hip hop, RnB and other foreign musical styles. The singing celebrities include Abd el-Halim Hafez, Farid Al Attrach, Asmahan, Sayed Darwish, Mohammed Abd el-Wahaab, Warda Al-Jazairia, and possibly the biggest star of modern Arab classical music, Umm Kalthum.The Al-Zafeer Ensemble is a group that fuses the lush, ecstatic and driving rhythms and tones of Arabic music with the bright hued colors of jazz.
Mohammed Abdel Wahab is still considered one of the four greats of Arabic music, along with Umm Kalthoum, Farid Al Attrach and Abdel Halim Hafez.

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A list of few of my favorite new arabic songs is:

• Majnoon Layla. (Crazy about Layla) by  Mohammed Abdel Wahab
• Al Qamh (The Wheat) by Mohammed Abdel Wahab
• Ya Habaybi Ya Ghaybeen by Farid Al Attrach
• Ya Gamil Ya Gamil by Farid Al Attrach.

Old Arabic music is very rich in its melodies and its rhythms with variations in its styles. Various sites offer old rare Arabic songs mp3 by Abdo Yaghe, Fairooz and many other famous Arabic singers. The old Arabic songs lyrics, videos and video clips are also available for free download.

Music was used initially for hunting, fighting and then developed to be used in performing primitive rituals for beliefs including magic, and paganism that is idol worshipping.  The prototypical Arabic music ensemble in Egypt and Syria is known as the takht, and included at different time periods instruments such as the ‘oud, qanún, rabab, ney, violin (introduced in the 1840s or 50s), riq and dumbek. In Iraq, the traditional ensemble is known as the chalghi and included only two melodic instruments – the jowza and santur which is accompanied by the riq and dumbek.

Riyadh Al-sonbati is a prominent Egyptian composer and pioneer of Arabic music, who remained in the lime light for almost half a century. At the age of 18, his intuitive propensity to music was discovered by his father, Mohammed Al-Sonbati, a popular singer and a lute player, who was widely admired by the local community of his home village of Sonbat in the Delta countryside. In the early sixties, he was nominated, for the third time, by the Higher Musical Committee for State Award of Merit and in 1976 for the UNESCO Award of Music.

Fairuz is one of the most critically acclaimed Arabic singers. The early works of Fairuz and the Rahbanis were innovative mixtures of oriental and foreign modes combining Fairuz’s distinct vocal timbre with ingenious music by Assi and poetic lyrics that expressed innocent love and nostalgia for Lebanese village life.
Umm Kulthum is known as "the Star of the East". More than three decades after her death, she is still recognized as the Arab world’s most famous and distinguished singer of the 20th century

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A few of my favorite old arabic songs are:

• if Leila wa Leila ("One Thousand and One Nights") by Umm Kulthum.
• Sirat el Houb by Umm Kulthum.
• Ayyam al Hassad" (‘Days of Harvest’ – 1957) a musical theatrical by Fairuz.
• Al ‘Urs fi l’Qarya a musical theatrical by Fairuz.