arabic scales differ from western scales in that the quarter tones are not present in western scales ...they are tones between the black notes and the white notes on the piano.. so its difficult for europeans who are unfamiliar with those tones to hear them correctly so many europeans will be mistaken for thinking that the singing is out of tune when in fact it is not out of tune. I dont think an english vocal coach is equipped to comment on this unless they are well versed in arabic music from all over the arab world, also the ornamentation is far more complex than western vocal ornamentation and the techniques of arabic ornamentation vary from region to region with different nuances and characteristics of the region the singer is from .. for example a singer from Iraq will have different melisma techniques to that of a singer from lebanon or Egypt. I would encourage the honest vocal coach to do more research on the subject before expressing criticism, in a typical arabic scale the 2nd or 3rd degree will be flattened by quarter but in Turkey they have 8th of tones and their system of microtonal music is really intricate, so you see....there is a lot to learn on the subject.
This music and style of singing is not to be judged. It’s deep rooted, it’s embedded with emotion, spirituality, art, and presence. It’s not about technique.
@@migueltriana3288 Im an arab fan of dimash and I heard his Hello version ,,he has surely the ability to sing difficult Arabic songs for sure ,,I also love the turkic tribal sound he made in the song sinful passion and know Dimash is one of a kind
Shakira is 3rd generation on her father’s side, her grandfather was born in Colombia, she can’t even speak arabic, she is more colombian than anything else
This is like choosing a bunch of rap or country songs or even yodelling and trying to judge them as "the best American songs." It was as if it was done on purpose. All the Arabic viewers know that this was such a poor choice of samples. There are so many different styles and varieties of Arabic songs and music it will make your head spin. All you have to do is search on UA-cam. For a good sampler, type "Arabic music - Background chill out music" or Arabic lounge music or Arabic dance music, etc. You will come across hundreds if not thousands of videos.
I am an Algerian singer, and I want to say that there are many maqams (modes or scales) in Arabic music, some of which do not contain a quarter of a ton, such as the Ajam (major), the Nahawand (minor), the Kurd, the Hijaz, Nkriz... and other musical maqams that depend on the quarter of the ton, the most important of which are: Rast, Al-Bayat, Saba, Hozam... There are also several types of pentatonic maqams, due to the association of Arabic music with several cultures, namely Persian, Arabic, Andalusian and Turkish. For this reason, a singer can sing in one maqam and can seamlessly switch between several maqams to perform a single sentence. Hence the difficulty of distinguishing for people whose ears are not accustomed to Arabic music. It is also worth saying that there is spiritual, emotional, and conceptual music such as the twenty-four Andalusian muwashshah, which was sung in Andalusia 24 hours a day, for every hour a song (Muwashah) suited him.
Most if not all of these maquams you mentioned are 100% Iraqi maquams. Some studies show that they dated as back as the sumerians all the way to the Abbasid era where the first musical theory was written in Baghdad
1:59 Rasha Rizk from syria, 3:28 Carole Samaha From Lebanon, 4:24 dalia chih from Algeria, 4:45 Adham Nabulsi from Jordan, 5:09 najwa karam from Lebanon, 5:43 issam sarhan from moroco, 5:57 fella ababsa from Algeria, 6:07 cheb mami from Algeria, 7:13 asmaa lmnawar from moroco, 7:23 ajrad youghourta from Algeria, 7:48 assala nasri from syria, 7:50 Sami Yusuf is a British singer, 8:23 dalia chih from Algeria, 8:59 assala nasri from syria, 9:13 mohammed assaf from Palestine, 9:36 souhila ben lachhab from Algeria, 10:41 fella ababsa from Algeria, 11:07 sherine from Egypt, 11:33 Abdulrahman Mohammed from saudi arabia, 11:53 assala nasri from syria,
@@migueltriana3288 they are all good singers really, but i think fella and adham are the best two in live, and i like sheine's feelings on her songs, but it's still to hard to choose like cheb mami is a beast he did a great song with sting, and there is many many others are not on this list.
This is my favourite type of singing EVER. I get goosebumps when I listen to it. The story behind their voice is incredible and if you get a chance you should definitely look into it. Each note carries meaning and a word and has so much richness behind it. It's not just singing, it's a whole beautiful tapestry full of meaning. I follow pratibhamusic here on UA-cam and actively practice her teachings. She has a great way of explaining everything AND demonstrating it.
Hello miss .. I'm currently congratulating myself for finding your channel .. I'm not academically educated in Music, but there are things that I really appreciate in a singer, one of them is Passion.. you've been showing that passion for more than 10 years .. this is an achievement! .. I subbed and I would be really interested to see you trying Arabic singing, maybe?.. Sharm, I'm Charmed .. take that ♥️ .
I've been working here in Saudi for almost 4 years and the first time I heard them sing. ..oh my god...it gives me goosebumps everytime..I dont know how and what you call it but I call it the "Stretching" of the notes...its so good...I really love it..
Flamenco est le diminutif de l'expression ' fellah mankoub' qui désignait la population arabo berbère qui a fui dans les montagnes et chantait sa peine et qui voulait dire agriculteur dans la peine .
Yeess Arabic musics style is so beautiful, deep and kind of magical. And many are inspired by their style like Beyoncé she’s really obsessed by that and I love that 💕
Thank you for presenting Arabic music. I’m a huge fan of Arabic pop, dabke, etc, and if you listen to the Quran by a really amazing “reciter” you will get the chills from the crystal clear quality of the voice.
My absolute favorite Sheikh/Reciter is Raad Mohamed Al Kurdi who is Iraqi of nonarab but Kurdi origin.. and another favorite of mine would a Saudi Sheikh/Reciter is Ahmad Al Ajami ♥️ enjoy ...
Julianna and Mira, here is a link of "old central arabia" way of reciting the quran, I want to see your reaction to it, to me it transport me to the story of Mary, Jesus , Zakariah days.. it is chapter Mary in Quran, very huanting way of reciting the only thing I do not like is sometimes he abuse the high pitch sometimes (if he used rarely it would be even bettter).. but otherwise I memorized the chapter from him, the style is old and "fast " check it you may love it as I did, I am from same region. it is with subtitle. ua-cam.com/video/Bb6bGEVEpBE/v-deo.html
Thanks for your review - it was interesting to hear you analyse it. I lived in the Middle East for a few years, and MTV was from the Nile Satellite, so it was all Arab music. There is an entire Arab music industry, with its own stars, including female stars, music videos, everything. It just brought back the smell of oud, memories of marble interiors, lights and activity everywhere until the early hours of the morning, long, flowing clothes, the taste of cardamoms and coffee...
I love Arab music...sometimes it feels very spiritual and "expanding"...I'd definitely love to learn how to sing like that! I think it would enrich a lot even a western singer (without using is as it is but I'm sure it gives so much more flexibility to the voice) :) Thanks Georgina for the lovely vid!!! x
The first artist you critique is Rasha Rizk. She very beloved among the 90’s middle eastern generation because she started her career singing the theme songs for some of the most popular 90’s and early 2000’s cartoons. Her voice is sublime. Simply magnificent!
Wow, that's such a great idea and a bridge between culture ! Plus, some arab singers a really really great, and the way they use their voice can be really different. I applaud you for this one.
Arabic singing requires too much emotional connection, if you don't make the paudience feel what you feel you are judged as a bad singer in Arab countries no matter how good your technique is.
The promised Musicland I actually have to disagree with you, nasality was never an authentic sound in arab singing, it's a modern technique and it's very disliked by old generation that my parents are from, Arab singing specially (Tarab) as all old music genres requires a proper chest voice development and fully opened pharyngeal, like Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, Fareed Al-Atrash, Abd Al-Haleem, Fairuz etc. you should listen more to old singers to know what real Arab singing should sound like.
@@safia-1221 brother/sister, i think the promised is trying to say that the singers are doing it on purpose, I do not know if it is of our older traditions, but many singers across the islamic world do it on purpose at least in the modern era.
@@safia-1221 I understand what you mean a lote of old great Arab vocalists in TARAB in middle east dont use a nasal sound, but the reason why a lote of north african Arab singers use it is because it's a very popular technique in Andalossi music, that inspired modern singing in Algeria and Morocco, so again those singers are doing it for style not for lack of technique as many western people might think
As an Arab person, I can tell you that most of these clips are far from being best Arab singing, and those singers shown in the clips are not famous in Arab countries, you can't talk about Arab singing without mentioning Oum Kalthoum, Asmahan, Fairouz, Majida EL Roumi, Zekra, Sabah, Sabah Fakhri........ and none of them is shown in the video.
Love this video. I am English and I sing jazz but I have grown up around the Arabic culture and have been bellydancing for 16 years I now teach my own classes. So nice to find a video that combines both my passions. Love all you're videos and will continue watching and learning from them.
Man, some of these songs are just too sad it almost brought me to tears. The lyrics are also important in helping you feel the moment. Thanks for doing this video
I loved this video. Greetings from a tunisian living in bham !! And the guy with the eyebrows is Mohammed assaf, winner of a famous singing competition, they even made a movie out of his incredible life. You should react on more classical singers like Sabah fakhri or umm kaltoum and maybe compare with more moderns Arabic tunes xxxx love
الناس اللي متضايقة و مندهشة و مكتئبة لأنها اعطت مقطع من الآذان، السيدة مادخلهاش في معتقدكم، موضوعها هو المقامات و العُرب، و مقامات الاذان هي ذاتها مقامات الغناء و التجويد من بينها مقام حجاز، بيات، كرد، صبا، عجم، سيكا، نهاوند، راست.....و مركزة كذلك على علامات الخفض و علامات الرفع و البيكار يعني وش مشكلتكم مع الموسيقى و الفن حتى ما يتصنفش الاذان ضمنها، حتى القرآن و فيه جرس موسيقي و تفعيلات و قوافي
We have a totally different type of singing and what we find beautiful. It is very emotional and hits you different especially when you understand the lyrics. Its poetry. Try to feel the emotions behind them sad/pain/hope/hopelessness/pride/love/spiritual.It takes so much CONTROL to be that good. It is complicated and complex thats why you go up down and all between to string it all together in a beautiful sequence. This is ART.
Abdy singer well thats not secret she admit herself she did get inspired for many songs by north africans and middle easterns in naughty girl, baby boy and many more but many R&B artists did this before her Aaliyah have many MENA sampled songs ...
Haha I just love how Westerners react to the microtones and Oriental composition in general, it's one of the best sights you could ever see, a testimony of spiritual communication that goes beyond cultural and linguistic barriers, I'm sure they'll feel the same when they see us reacting to and experiencing their arts.
Nope. Middle Eastern and Western equally hard. The technic is different yes. But listen to some opera and listen to whitney houston celine dion mariah carey's live runs. Those runs are hard to do too. But yeah Middle Eastern style singing is more emotional.
Its about notes we have its quiet complicated as we have quarter tones and 3/4 spaces between notes thats why she felt like its out of tune and in turkish music they have 1/8 tones so basically its a lot harder for non-middle easterns and non turkish to sing middle eastern and turkish music and easier for middle easterns and turkish to sing westerns
لما بسمع اديل او ويتني هيوستن او جنى مايكل جاكسون وهم من احسن المطربين الغرب، ما ينسجم ولا بستمتع ولا يحب اسمعهم مره تانيه، بينما الغناء العربي لغة ولحن وصوت بيوصلني سبحان الله عن جد هاي صنفت نصهم انه بينشزوا، يمكن انا عربية زيادة عن اللزوم او يمكن هي بدها تدرس زتتمرس وتفهم انه مش نفس الاجنبي تبعها اصلا المغني العربي الصوته فاشل بالعربي بيبدع بالانجليزي
انا كمان ما بنطرب ولا بحب اسمع انجليزي، بس انك تقولي عن ادل ومايكل جاكسون ما بيعرفو فدا عبط، الغناء ذوق وكل شخص له اذواقه، وكل مجتمع له ادوات قياس تبعه وكل لغه لها مخارجها وحروفها القويه والحروف الضعيفه.
I would rather listen to this style of singing than any other on the planet. I instantly get chills, tears in my eyes and I take pause, my breath catches in my throat, all becomes still and timeless when I hear it.
I see your point but Its not the same as yodelling at all ! Yodelling is all about technic and control and its emotionless , Arab singing is all about emotions and passion + fluid runs and ruffs + supreme melisma + good control . So its more harder and need more talent than the western music tbh !
سحبتي على أصالة ولا تعليق ولا اي رد فعل 😂 كل واحد ينام ع التون الي يريحه ونحن كشعوب عربية نحب النون الي يناسب حالتنا النفسية مهما كان شكله ونوعه حسب الحالة والمزاج ممكن اكون اسمع صباح فخري وبعد دقيقتين اقلب أوكا واورتيجا 😅😂
لانك مستحيل تقهم فن اصاله من ٥ ثواني مثلاً اغنية يا مجنون يوم تقول لا لا لاي ... المقطع كامل خورافي اما منص المقطع غير مفهوم + اغنية خانات الذكريات اغنية راااااائعة بكل ما فيها + المقطع الاول لاصاله انا ما ركزت عليه لانه ثانية او ثانيتين !!!
We move our heads with the music because music makes us move and feel. It’s one more form of expression and it also might help some people with accentuating
Also from different countries we have different ways to sing songs, like in Morocco we call something malhoun you make to master how to control the breathing to make the waves and there waves should be done perfectly and without any breaks, oh my gosh I remember that, thanks again for the video I really appreciate it 💗
This coach has absolutely nothing to do with any eastern style of singing. She is absolutely divorced with it so it's a madness to analyze it. She even doesn't feel it, she notice movements of eyebrows and some other unimportant details more than vocal techniques. 😂
thats very rude to say something like that, ofc its her first time listening to something different so she doesn't know about it. i dont know about arabic singers but im not bashing anyone
This is pretty rude to say! She's experiencing something new and giving gentle honest opinions here and there. Of course she's not going to be an expert on it. There is no need to criticise her about it.
I get chills every time I hear arab singing, its so incredible! Edit: I couldnt stop getting chills throughout my whole body for this whole video. The emotion in the singing. There was this woman who was making her voice crack every once in a while, but it was so good because you can feel her pain, it was like she was crying.
Heard the Call to Prayer when in India a few years ago - amazing and very moving. I first heard this style of music as a child in the 80s - Ofra Haza, Im N’in Alu.
Said you can not feel or apresiate the beauty and majestic of this singing, while we as Arabs our ears are educated to appreciate all kind of music back ground....
What are you tring to do Arabs singing is so much defrent its harder than english or any other languages its all about we have a specific technic in our singing you can't decide if any arab singer can sing or not and its not about the voice its about how singing
Yamen Maria Dawoody she was honest and only applying the science she learnt. She did not say they cannot sing. She said good things about all of them... except Asma Lemnawer. And I m happy she could understand what s fascinating about Chen Mammy s voice.
Relax عمي .. she didn't say who could and couldn't sing .. she only said that she likes some and some are not that much !! She knows that they are singers and she is not judging them .. she's telling her point of view ON the ways of song
Classic voice and very good video. You voice is magnificent and very sweet. I wish I could hear it many times. The magic of your voice could lead you to the top of the carrier of showbiz/ tv screen. Do upload more and like me many others will listen to you and will support you from the core of their hearts. Thanks for the nice share
Instead of being angry, u should rather tell her that it is a way to call muslims to go pray, she obviously didnt know that, anyway the vocals of that moadin are amazing. Spread Positive energie gurl
Thank you for posting this very interesting video. I didn't find it to be judgy at all, but a candid and honest look at a different vocal tradition. Yes, the source material was limited and problematic, but that is no one but the original poster's fault. The comments on nasality, open and closed qualities and resonance were very helpful.
a great example of cultural differences is that one guy who was listening to his fellow singer and looked not interested to you, actually he was pretty much engaging that he was mirroring the singer's emotions, that is something you would find a lot of Arab songs listeners do, mirroring.. mimicking and reacting to the words and tones and it's emotion . he looked more sad and a bit sorry for all the agony the singer was showing.. it's like when a friend is telling you how much he is suffering and you start to frown .. close your eyes or look down or away in sympathy. he was not uninterested at all .. :"D and that was pretty ironic to happen in your video showing the actual gab between any two different cultures. it's pretty strange yet beautiful and also not so hard to realize when people from all over the world try to communicate :) and sorry if my English sounded weird in any part.
Suggestion: React to Fairuz and search for her song "libeirut"....She's literally an icon for Arabs... Most of the ppl in this video are kinda random and not very well-known!
@@KobeissiArt Fairuz is an alto a rare in the world of solo. And her technique is in her style of "no technique". She's a rare jam there's no one like her, but so many with the great techniques as we watched in this video.
So happy to see Arabic music/style being showcased on your wonderful channel! Although I would recommend watching/reacting to some full performances of well known artists ( for example, a Mai Farouk performance with the National Arab Orchestra doing songs like Enta Omri or Alf Leila w Leila) as this particular clip you've reacted to is merely a random compilation of artists riffing and thus doesn't cover the full range of musicality, complexity and emotions that Arabic music brings to the table.
I’ve had enough of people trying not to offend people. If people are offended, they shouldn’t click, watch or comment, and if they do, that’s their own problem. Georgina, this is a great video, and some really interesting music I must say.
EcSight Games I m Arab from Morocco, and I m super happy with this video. She s chosen the best part of each song of these singers... I wish she can make more of these videos about Arab singers
Omar Sharif once said that his manner of falling in love was oriental, quite passionate... we need passion, going through obstacles....fighting and wining...it's never easy....it's never simple never fade...jealousy...dispute...reconcilation etc reason is never dissociated emotions..that's why the singer was shaking the mike....he felt the song with every inches of his body and soul....mediterranean gesticulate، you call it over reaction we call it being alive....colorful...passionate...special.... as St Augustin said: "He who loses himself in his passion is less lost than he who loses his passion."
Yeah thanks for the video I enjoy it so much, and that's right Arabic singing aren't only about vocal technics but also there is a part we need to care about which give emotion to the song, after mastering the head and mix and chest voice and other stuffs, you need to master what call maqamat(مقامات)
Awwwww snap soooon, I started listening to Arab music after my deployment to Kuwait. I'll watch this after work. Hope Najwa Karam is here cause she's the best.
There's a short clip of her hitting a C5 live with good projection, but it does not showcase how much of a vocal beast she is. Super powerful voice with great range and agility.
All of the people hating on this coach......she obviously doesn't go to a mosque or is involved with Arabic culture at all.....she is judging it off her personal experiences. So please.... back off. (Yes I'm Arabic)
These clips are focused on one type of Arab singing that called Mawal .. and there were some of the Algerian singing... most Arabic song are different from just this type
Some nazal singing voices is due to some traditional techniques there which is something very normal and different from you. But in all, I loved yr reaction ❤❤
It takes years and years to even begin to understand Arabic music and registers. Then, it takes some more years to start appreciating Arabic singers for their unique vocal range. For example, I know exactly who to go to for my Arabic music, because I like specific vocal ranges and registers in their voice, then I start analysing their music. I can’t believe she skipped over *Asalah* (who is one of the best vocalists in Arabic music) three times! 😭 Note: 1. When it comes to Arabic music, Algerians, Moroccans, Libyans, and Tunisians have unique tones/registers in addition to the usual Arabic sound. 2. Iraq’s in particular have their unique tone/registers that some others such as Gulf nationals (usually) try to mimic (however we all know that the sound originates from Iraq). 3. Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, & Jordanians have a tone/register that we call ‘mountainous’, as in it originated from the mountains and countryside. 4. Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi, UAE, Oman, Qatar, & Bahrain) nationals sing with a Khaliji tone that is harder to mimic by the rest of the Arab world (except for Iraqis). 5. The rest of African Arabs (Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros, & Mauritania) have their own African-based Arabic tone. The video is great, but I think the vocal coach is analysing a variety of Arabic singers, whereas each sound originates from a different region.
arabic scales differ from western scales in that the quarter tones are not present in western scales ...they are tones between the black notes and the white notes on the piano.. so its difficult for europeans who are unfamiliar with those tones to hear them correctly so many europeans will be mistaken for thinking that the singing is out of tune when in fact it is not out of tune. I dont think an english vocal coach is equipped to comment on this unless they are well versed in arabic music from all over the arab world, also the ornamentation is far more complex than western vocal ornamentation and the techniques of arabic ornamentation vary from region to region with different nuances and characteristics of the region the singer is from .. for example a singer from Iraq will have different melisma techniques to that of a singer from lebanon or Egypt. I would encourage the honest vocal coach to do more research on the subject before expressing criticism, in a typical arabic scale the 2nd or 3rd degree will be flattened by quarter but in Turkey they have 8th of tones and their system of microtonal music is really intricate, so you see....there is a lot to learn on the subject.
Best comment! So glad you've said it. Thank you!
Best comment agree with you
Thank you for your comment!
Natacha Atlas Best comment ever I can’t agree more
I m happy to see great artist like you is commenting to clarify better those techniques
This music and style of singing is not to be judged. It’s deep rooted, it’s embedded with emotion, spirituality, art, and presence. It’s not about technique.
True!
Totally true and deep ! Good comment 👍
dumitru edelean anything can be judged
Aquarian Gypsy what kind of entitlement tells you that this is not to be judged?
One Dollar Bleach nope not when it comes to arabic music
Arab singing is all about emotion and good runs and riffs
How is Dimash "Arab singing" is it any good?
Eh it is about overstatement
Riffs? Really
@@migueltriana3288 who
@@migueltriana3288 Im an arab fan of dimash and I heard his Hello version ,,he has surely the ability to sing difficult Arabic songs for sure ,,I also love the turkic tribal sound he made in the song sinful passion and know
Dimash is one of a kind
I love the fact that you look so confused while im enjoying the singing 😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Same😂😂😂
shakira is a colombian of arab descent. you can hear where she gets her vocal inspiration from.
Alexander Velez her voice is awful...a frog singing🐸
Shakira is 3rd generation on her father’s side, her grandfather was born in Colombia, she can’t even speak arabic, she is more colombian than anything else
Amelie ssa Ok hun, just calm down.
@@mi-moon_ shakira's grandparents are Lebanese, Shakira's father is american (born in NY) they move out to Colombia when he was 10.
@@mi-moon_ no her father is from lebanon and her name is very Arabic plus she dances and dresses like a bellydancer
I’m Arab. And I can tell u that this vid is kinda... one sided. The singers are mostly doing runs and riffs, Arab singing is about more than that.
So true rahaf
Agreed
And the second one was not actually singing... 🤦🏻♀️
This is like choosing a bunch of rap or country songs or even yodelling and trying to judge them as "the best American songs." It was as if it was done on purpose. All the Arabic viewers know that this was such a poor choice of samples. There are so many different styles and varieties of Arabic songs and music it will make your head spin. All you have to do is search on UA-cam. For a good sampler, type "Arabic music - Background chill out music" or Arabic lounge music or Arabic dance music, etc. You will come across hundreds if not thousands of videos.
True
I love Arab music and singing in general. It's awesome, and beautiful, and just feels extremely profound and spiritual.
If u want more i can give a different styles
I am an Algerian singer, and I want to say that there are many maqams (modes or scales) in Arabic music, some of which do not contain a quarter of a ton, such as the Ajam (major), the Nahawand (minor), the Kurd, the Hijaz, Nkriz... and other musical maqams that depend on the quarter of the ton, the most important of which are: Rast, Al-Bayat, Saba, Hozam... There are also several types of pentatonic maqams, due to the association of Arabic music with several cultures, namely Persian, Arabic, Andalusian and Turkish. For this reason, a singer can sing in one maqam and can seamlessly switch between several maqams to perform a single sentence. Hence the difficulty of distinguishing for people whose ears are not accustomed to Arabic music.
It is also worth saying that there is spiritual, emotional, and conceptual music such as the twenty-four Andalusian muwashshah, which was sung in Andalusia 24 hours a day, for every hour a song (Muwashah) suited him.
Yeah ! Teach them 😉
Most if not all of these maquams you mentioned are 100% Iraqi maquams. Some studies show that they dated as back as the sumerians all the way to the Abbasid era where the first musical theory was written in Baghdad
2:45 that’s the prayer call, a huge amount of people can do that, shows you how talented Arabs are
Huge amount of muslims* i have seen manyyy africans or europeans performing this efforessly.
1:59 Rasha Rizk from syria, 3:28 Carole Samaha From Lebanon, 4:24 dalia chih from Algeria, 4:45 Adham Nabulsi from Jordan, 5:09 najwa karam from Lebanon, 5:43 issam sarhan from moroco, 5:57 fella ababsa from Algeria, 6:07 cheb mami from Algeria, 7:13 asmaa lmnawar from moroco, 7:23 ajrad youghourta from Algeria, 7:48 assala nasri from syria, 7:50 Sami Yusuf is a British singer, 8:23 dalia chih from Algeria, 8:59 assala nasri from syria, 9:13 mohammed assaf from Palestine, 9:36 souhila ben lachhab from Algeria, 10:41 fella ababsa from Algeria, 11:07 sherine from Egypt, 11:33 Abdulrahman Mohammed from saudi arabia, 11:53 assala nasri from syria,
Which one are your favorite?
@@migueltriana3288 they are all good singers really, but i think fella and adham are the best two in live, and i like sheine's feelings on her songs, but it's still to hard to choose like cheb mami is a beast he did a great song with sting, and there is many many others are not on this list.
@@migueltriana3288 Assalah is great
Souhila ben lachhab🇩🇿😍😍😍❤❤❤❤
Abdurrahman is actually from the Gulf ( I think Saudi Arabia)
This is my favourite type of singing EVER. I get goosebumps when I listen to it. The story behind their voice is incredible and if you get a chance you should definitely look into it. Each note carries meaning and a word and has so much richness behind it. It's not just singing, it's a whole beautiful tapestry full of meaning. I follow pratibhamusic here on UA-cam and actively practice her teachings. She has a great way of explaining everything AND demonstrating it.
Hello miss .. I'm currently congratulating myself for finding your channel .. I'm not academically educated in Music, but there are things that I really appreciate in a singer, one of them is Passion.. you've been showing that passion for more than 10 years .. this is an achievement! .. I subbed and I would be really interested to see you trying Arabic singing, maybe?.. Sharm, I'm Charmed .. take that ♥️ .
I've been working here in Saudi for almost 4 years and the first time I heard them sing. ..oh my god...it gives me goosebumps everytime..I dont know how and what you call it but I call it the "Stretching" of the notes...its so good...I really love it..
Welcome to Saudi 🌸🇸🇦
2:35 is not singing, it's Adzan, to call people to go to the Mosque and pray together
👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
لكن الاذان يكون وفق مقامات حسب كل بلد
و هي هنا تحكي عن التقنية و المقامات
Eww she does not care it is considered as singing
It's called Athan not Adzan and the guy who did the Athan is Turkish not Arab
Free Bree it is not singing u ignorant go educate ur self .
It's ironic to see someone like her judging one of the oldest singing techniques in history
She is reacting and not judging 😂
@@ahmedhafez3097 no she isn't 😂😂😂🙄
Flamenco is based on Arabic music as the Iberian peninsula was the home of the Arabs for 8 centuries
Fátima García-Ogara Ornilla exactamente🙂
Even Fatima is an Arabic name :)
Berber Arabic 😁
Fátima García-Ogara Ornilla even your name fatima is arabic haha
Flamenco est le diminutif de l'expression ' fellah mankoub' qui désignait la population arabo berbère qui a fui dans les montagnes et chantait sa peine et qui voulait dire agriculteur dans la peine .
I almost forgot how beautiful our music is
Yeess Arabic musics style is so beautiful, deep and kind of magical.
And many are inspired by their style like Beyoncé she’s really obsessed by that and I love that 💕
I adore Beyoncé
Thank you for presenting Arabic music. I’m a huge fan of Arabic pop, dabke, etc, and if you listen to the Quran by a really amazing “reciter” you will get the chills from the crystal clear quality of the voice.
Oh and where are you from? Te llamas Juliana, creo que eres una latina no?
My absolute favorite Sheikh/Reciter is Raad Mohamed Al Kurdi who is Iraqi of nonarab but Kurdi origin.. and another favorite of mine would a Saudi Sheikh/Reciter is Ahmad Al Ajami ♥️ enjoy ...
They sing Quran.
peace and love, the right word is reciting it.. if you listen to it clearly it sounds different than music.
Julianna and Mira, here is a link of "old central arabia" way of reciting the quran, I want to see your reaction to it, to me it transport me to the story of Mary, Jesus , Zakariah days.. it is chapter Mary in Quran, very huanting way of reciting the only thing I do not like is sometimes he abuse the high pitch sometimes (if he used rarely it would be even bettter).. but otherwise I memorized the chapter from him, the style is old and "fast " check it you may love it as I did, I am from same region. it is with subtitle.
ua-cam.com/video/Bb6bGEVEpBE/v-deo.html
I don't know if it's just me, but when it's male arab singer, i'm completely mesmerized.
Hmmm cause maybe you haven't heard the great ladies.
I mean I’m not gonna lie me too😂 and I think that’s just because I like guys, so automatically I’m more drawn to male singers voices 🤷🏻♀️
Leoben Bouche me too😍
Me too 👍🏻
The voice is lower, the ear manages better the half tones
This art is so deep that cannot be judged .... Anyone seems to be so small to judge Arabic art .... Simply they cant understand
Exactlyyyy
1:49She is Rasha Rizk, a Syrian singer who is famous for singing most cartoon songs in the channel Spaceton
Rasha Rizk is the best🌸
ما توقعت رشا!!!
Queeeeen
Rasha rizc💖
Thanks for your review - it was interesting to hear you analyse it. I lived in the Middle East for a few years, and MTV was from the Nile Satellite, so it was all Arab music. There is an entire Arab music industry, with its own stars, including female stars, music videos, everything. It just brought back the smell of oud, memories of marble interiors, lights and activity everywhere until the early hours of the morning, long, flowing clothes, the taste of cardamoms and coffee...
I love Arab music...sometimes it feels very spiritual and "expanding"...I'd definitely love to learn how to sing like that! I think it would enrich a lot even a western singer (without using is as it is but I'm sure it gives so much more flexibility to the voice) :) Thanks Georgina for the lovely vid!!! x
The first artist you critique is Rasha Rizk. She very beloved among the 90’s middle eastern generation because she started her career singing the theme songs for some of the most popular 90’s and early 2000’s cartoons. Her voice is sublime. Simply magnificent!
This music is an enchanting, ethereal gift and my goodness it gives me the feels. So beautiful.
Wowww never expected a video like this!! Its such a step furtherer beyond overseas!! Ps. Im from middle east so thank u ⚘
Thank you for reacting to my video !
Lol didn't know it was yours!!
Good work 😊😊
2:36 Did she just call the guy who was saying the Azan prayer a she 😂
Nanis Aladdin yeah! I was like what?
😂😂😂 yes she did
goofyp Ilm ya .. it’s normal .. its ala aldin .. but when you mix it together it becomes aladdin
You know .. Aladdin is arab after all
I think she said "sheikh" (شيخ)
@@Galaxy-lx4bk she don’t know what sheikh is probably and she said she was good
Wow, that's such a great idea and a bridge between culture !
Plus, some arab singers a really really great, and the way they use their voice can be really different.
I applaud you for this one.
Arabic singing requires too much emotional connection, if you don't make the paudience feel what you feel you are judged as a bad singer in Arab countries no matter how good your technique is.
The promised Musicland
I actually have to disagree with you, nasality was never an authentic sound in arab singing, it's a modern technique and it's very disliked by old generation that my parents are from, Arab singing specially (Tarab) as all old music genres requires a proper chest voice development and fully opened pharyngeal, like Umm Kulthum, Asmahan, Fareed Al-Atrash, Abd Al-Haleem, Fairuz etc. you should listen more to old singers to know what real Arab singing should sound like.
@@safia-1221 brother/sister, i think the promised is trying to say that the singers are doing it on purpose, I do not know if it is of our older traditions, but many singers across the islamic world do it on purpose at least in the modern era.
@@safia-1221 I understand what you mean a lote of old great Arab vocalists in TARAB in middle east dont use a nasal sound, but the reason why a lote of north african Arab singers use it is because it's a very popular technique in Andalossi music, that inspired modern singing in Algeria and Morocco, so again those singers are doing it for style not for lack of technique as many western people might think
As an Arab person, I can tell you that most of these clips are far from being best Arab singing, and those singers shown in the clips are not famous in Arab countries, you can't talk about Arab singing without mentioning Oum Kalthoum, Asmahan, Fairouz, Majida EL Roumi, Zekra, Sabah, Sabah Fakhri........ and none of them is shown in the video.
Yeah, I was like.... EXCUSE ME WHERE IS OUM KHALSOUM
FAOUZIA
Love this video. I am English and I sing jazz but I have grown up around the Arabic culture and have been bellydancing for 16 years I now teach my own classes. So nice to find a video that combines both my passions.
Love all you're videos and will continue watching and learning from them.
Absolutely love and appreciate this! Really enjoyed watching this video! I love Arab music/singing.
Man, some of these songs are just too sad it almost brought me to tears. The lyrics are also important in helping you feel the moment. Thanks for doing this video
Thanks for watching!!
This type of arabic songs called moal. موال
I loved this video. Greetings from a tunisian living in bham !! And the guy with the eyebrows is Mohammed assaf, winner of a famous singing competition, they even made a movie out of his incredible life. You should react on more classical singers like Sabah fakhri or umm kaltoum and maybe compare with more moderns Arabic tunes xxxx love
الناس اللي متضايقة و مندهشة و مكتئبة لأنها اعطت مقطع من الآذان، السيدة مادخلهاش في معتقدكم، موضوعها هو المقامات و العُرب، و مقامات الاذان هي ذاتها مقامات الغناء و التجويد من بينها مقام حجاز، بيات، كرد، صبا، عجم، سيكا، نهاوند، راست.....و مركزة كذلك على علامات الخفض و علامات الرفع و البيكار
يعني وش مشكلتكم مع الموسيقى و الفن حتى ما يتصنفش الاذان ضمنها، حتى القرآن و فيه جرس موسيقي و تفعيلات و قوافي
دا ع اساس انها فاهمه حاجة عن المقامات اصلا؟
صح صح حتى سمعت أن بعض المؤذننين ياخذون دروس صوت "-"
@@hessaa1712 طبعا كل المنشدين و المؤذنين واللي بيتلو قران المحترفين كلهم بيدرسو موسيقى ومقامات
Beyoncé took inspiration from this type of singing in some of her riffs and songs :)
Egyptian ❤️ I just love our Arabic music
I honestly love you more for making this video, I hope you do more Arab videos.
We have a totally different type of singing and what we find beautiful. It is very emotional and hits you different especially when you understand the lyrics. Its poetry. Try to feel the emotions behind them sad/pain/hope/hopelessness/pride/love/spiritual.It takes so much CONTROL to be that good. It is complicated and complex thats why you go up down and all between to string it all together in a beautiful sequence. This is ART.
you can't judge this unless you study arabic music
Not all Arab sing like that.. this is just one kind of singing
and it’s the best kind of singing in my opinion its so unique
@@Iuckylulu U are right
I think Beyonce learn about her Riff and runs song dangerously in love...in Arabic technic singing
Shes said in interviews that she gets lots of inspiration for both her singing and dancing from the Arab world
Abdy singer well thats not secret she admit herself she did get inspired for many songs by north africans and middle easterns in naughty girl, baby boy and many more but many R&B artists did this before her Aaliyah have many MENA sampled songs ...
This is true, she is very musically trained.
All of them are not in our top 100 singers 😂😂
They are just kids in Arabic music
Sheren , asala , carool !!
you are joking
how dare you say Mami is a kid in arabic music when in fact he is the king of rai (most popular algerian music genre)
Haha I just love how Westerners react to the microtones and Oriental composition in general, it's one of the best sights you could ever see, a testimony of spiritual communication that goes beyond cultural and linguistic barriers, I'm sure they'll feel the same when they see us reacting to and experiencing their arts.
This coach knows nothing actually! Comparing to English singers, the Arab style is much harder.
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Nope. Middle Eastern and Western equally hard. The technic is different yes. But listen to some opera and listen to whitney houston celine dion mariah carey's live runs. Those runs are hard to do too. But yeah Middle Eastern style singing is more emotional.
It depends what your native language is and which style u are used it. It's much easier for me to hit notes in Arabic rather than English.
@@firuzserdestkaya4470 saber errobai
Its about notes we have its quiet complicated as we have quarter tones and 3/4 spaces between notes thats why she felt like its out of tune and in turkish music they have 1/8 tones so basically its a lot harder for non-middle easterns and non turkish to sing middle eastern and turkish music and easier for middle easterns and turkish to sing westerns
Oh my god yes more arabic singing plz
never ever again the western scale has no business being compared to centuries old techniques, scales, storytelling, and breath work
I loved this. Please do more of these ❤️
لما بسمع اديل او ويتني هيوستن او جنى مايكل جاكسون وهم من احسن المطربين الغرب، ما ينسجم ولا بستمتع ولا يحب اسمعهم مره تانيه، بينما الغناء العربي لغة ولحن وصوت بيوصلني سبحان الله
عن جد هاي صنفت نصهم انه بينشزوا، يمكن انا عربية زيادة عن اللزوم او يمكن هي بدها تدرس زتتمرس وتفهم انه مش نفس الاجنبي تبعها
اصلا المغني العربي الصوته فاشل بالعربي بيبدع بالانجليزي
انا كمان ما بنطرب ولا بحب اسمع انجليزي، بس انك تقولي عن ادل ومايكل جاكسون ما بيعرفو فدا عبط، الغناء ذوق وكل شخص له اذواقه، وكل مجتمع له ادوات قياس تبعه وكل لغه لها مخارجها وحروفها القويه والحروف الضعيفه.
I would rather listen to this style of singing than any other on the planet. I instantly get chills, tears in my eyes and I take pause, my breath catches in my throat, all becomes still and timeless when I hear it.
about the uninterested guy, I think he's looking away just to enjoy the voice more. you know like closing the eyes to listen better
It's funny how 80% of Arabic songs are sad and depressing, but the people are usually very joyful and happy
Its similar to yodelling, requires skill to make it sound melodic and fluid
I see your point but Its not the same as yodelling at all ! Yodelling is all about technic and control and its emotionless , Arab singing is all about emotions and passion + fluid runs and ruffs + supreme melisma + good control . So its more harder and need more talent than the western music tbh !
Really fun to watch you react and listen to something fro which you of course are unfamiliar.. thanks, and thanks to whoever assembled these clips.
سحبتي على أصالة ولا تعليق ولا اي رد فعل 😂 كل واحد ينام ع التون الي يريحه ونحن كشعوب عربية نحب النون الي يناسب حالتنا النفسية مهما كان شكله ونوعه حسب الحالة والمزاج ممكن اكون اسمع صباح فخري وبعد دقيقتين اقلب أوكا واورتيجا 😅😂
😅😅 كرشي يا كرشي اجاني مغص 😂😂😂
ههههههه نفس الحال عندي من الاطلال الى العب يلا
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
لانك مستحيل تقهم فن اصاله من ٥ ثواني
مثلاً اغنية يا مجنون يوم تقول لا لا لاي ... المقطع كامل خورافي اما منص المقطع غير مفهوم + اغنية خانات الذكريات اغنية راااااائعة بكل ما فيها + المقطع الاول لاصاله انا ما ركزت عليه لانه ثانية او ثانيتين !!!
We move our heads with the music because music makes us move and feel. It’s one more form of expression and it also might help some people with accentuating
Asala / Fayrouz / Oum Kalthoum / Elissa are the best female arab singers ever ! 💋✔️
Elissa? are u kidding me? she is one of the worst
The promised Musicland
She’s. The best ever 👌🏼
Also from different countries we have different ways to sing songs, like in Morocco we call something malhoun you make to master how to control the breathing to make the waves and there waves should be done perfectly and without any breaks, oh my gosh I remember that, thanks again for the video I really appreciate it 💗
This coach has absolutely nothing to do with any eastern style of singing. She is absolutely divorced with it so it's a madness to analyze it. She even doesn't feel it, she notice movements of eyebrows and some other unimportant details more than vocal techniques. 😂
Exactly
😂😂😂
She at least is curious to watch it
thats very rude to say something like that, ofc its her first time listening to something different so she doesn't know about it. i dont know about arabic singers but im not bashing anyone
This is pretty rude to say! She's experiencing something new and giving gentle honest opinions here and there. Of course she's not going to be an expert on it. There is no need to criticise her about it.
I get chills every time I hear arab singing, its so incredible!
Edit: I couldnt stop getting chills throughout my whole body for this whole video. The emotion in the singing. There was this woman who was making her voice crack every once in a while, but it was so good because you can feel her pain, it was like she was crying.
Heard the Call to Prayer when in India a few years ago - amazing and very moving. I first heard this style of music as a child in the 80s - Ofra Haza, Im N’in Alu.
Ofra has a Yemeni root she is a Yemeni jew so she was singing a Yemeni songs and Yemeni music may god rest her soul in heaven 😇
Said you can not feel or apresiate the beauty and majestic of this singing, while we as Arabs our ears are educated to appreciate all kind of music back ground....
You are amazing. Much love from Palestine. The written breaks had stereotypical images lol
Amazing singing. Da helwa awi! Really enjoyed the video.😃
What are you tring to do
Arabs singing is so much defrent its harder than english or any other languages its all about we have a specific technic in our singing you can't decide if any arab singer can sing or not and its not about the voice its about how singing
If you watchedthe video, she didn't try to
Yamen Maria Dawoody she was honest and only applying the science she learnt. She did not say they cannot sing. She said good things about all of them... except Asma Lemnawer. And I m happy she could understand what s fascinating about Chen Mammy s voice.
Relax عمي .. she didn't say who could and couldn't sing .. she only said that she likes some and some are not that much !! She knows that they are singers and she is not judging them .. she's telling her point of view ON the ways of song
Exactly!
dude she was so fair in her reaction and nonjudgemental idk why u so offended
Classic voice and very good video. You voice is magnificent and very sweet. I wish I could hear it many times. The magic of your voice could lead you to the top of the carrier of showbiz/ tv screen. Do upload more and like me many others will listen to you and will support you from the core of their hearts. Thanks for the nice share
Hey the second sound is adan it's not a music 😤😤
I recognised that it was the Adhaan straight away, too. It's not music, but the vocal quality of a mu'adhin is always impeccable.
Why are you angry? She obviously didn’t know.
@@nes22s I agree, they should tolerate that not everyone knows. I hope they'd edit their comment...
blshit I totally understand her feelings, yeah she felt offended because it's a religious thing.
Instead of being angry, u should rather tell her that it is a way to call muslims to go pray, she obviously didnt know that, anyway the vocals of that moadin are amazing. Spread Positive energie gurl
Wow All of the are Outstanding 😭❤️❤️
The guy at 6:05 has so many colors to his voice. I really like him.
And the guy at 7:30 sounds almost like scat. It sounded like an instrument .
Raaid Cotman-El the guy at 6:05 is called cheb mami , he's well know , you can check him out if you want
Thank you for posting this very interesting video. I didn't find it to be judgy at all, but a candid and honest look at a different vocal tradition. Yes, the source material was limited and problematic, but that is no one but the original poster's fault. The comments on nasality, open and closed qualities and resonance were very helpful.
a great example of cultural differences is that one guy who was listening to his fellow singer and looked not interested to you, actually he was pretty much engaging that he was mirroring the singer's emotions, that is something you would find a lot of Arab songs listeners do, mirroring.. mimicking and reacting to the words and tones and it's emotion .
he looked more sad and a bit sorry for all the agony the singer was showing.. it's like when a friend is telling you how much he is suffering and you start to frown .. close your eyes or look down or away in sympathy.
he was not uninterested at all .. :"D
and that was pretty ironic to happen in your video showing the actual gab between any two different cultures.
it's pretty strange yet beautiful and also not so hard to realize when people from all over the world try to communicate :)
and sorry if my English sounded weird in any part.
I am arab and lessening to this makes me in tears ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️its soooooooo BeautyPlus
Suggestion: React to Fairuz and search for her song "libeirut"....She's literally an icon for Arabs... Most of the ppl in this video are kinda random and not very well-known!
Fairuz doesnt have an amazing vocal delivery. Her tone is very unique and rare but her technique is average
@@KobeissiArt Fairuz is an alto a rare in the world of solo. And her technique is in her style of "no technique". She's a rare jam there's no one like her, but so many with the great techniques as we watched in this video.
Thank you for your interest in Arabic singing
Very interesting. I would be interested in seeing this technique in the context of a song.
So happy to see Arabic music/style being showcased on your wonderful channel! Although I would recommend watching/reacting to some full performances of well known artists ( for example, a Mai Farouk performance with the National Arab Orchestra doing songs like Enta Omri or Alf Leila w Leila) as this particular clip you've reacted to is merely a random compilation of artists riffing and thus doesn't cover the full range of musicality, complexity and emotions that Arabic music brings to the table.
I’ve had enough of people trying not to offend people. If people are offended, they shouldn’t click, watch or comment, and if they do, that’s their own problem. Georgina, this is a great video, and some really interesting music I must say.
EcSight Games I m Arab from Morocco, and I m super happy with this video. She s chosen the best part of each song of these singers... I wish she can make more of these videos about Arab singers
Omar Sharif once said that his manner of falling in love was oriental, quite passionate...
we need passion, going through obstacles....fighting and wining...it's never easy....it's never simple never fade...jealousy...dispute...reconcilation etc reason is never dissociated emotions..that's why the singer was shaking the mike....he felt the song with every inches of his body and soul....mediterranean gesticulate، you call it over reaction we call it being alive....colorful...passionate...special.... as St Augustin said: "He who loses himself in his passion is less lost than he who loses his passion."
I liked so much the singing of the first female singer in green dress.
The second in shorts.
The 3rd. Male.
4th. Female, Carol Samaha.
Thanks for taking the time to learn about our music ;)
She's reacting to singers' facial expressions and people's reactions in the videos 😐
Oh wow new kinda reaction 😍 love it 💗
I thinks Arabs definitely made up the vibrato and melisma technique haha just kidding but sure is their speciality, they’re amazing and very emotional
Yeah thanks for the video I enjoy it so much, and that's right Arabic singing aren't only about vocal technics but also there is a part we need to care about which give emotion to the song, after mastering the head and mix and chest voice and other stuffs, you need to master what call maqamat(مقامات)
What is that?
9:34 !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Chill . She tooks me to another world
Really enjoyed it. Hope that you will do more of those arab singing videos :)
7:48 - I believe that is Sami Yusuf. Listen to his song "You Came To Me". Sooo beautiful.
Awwwww snap soooon, I started listening to Arab music after my deployment to Kuwait. I'll watch this after work. Hope Najwa Karam is here cause she's the best.
There's a short clip of her hitting a C5 live with good projection, but it does not showcase how much of a vocal beast she is. Super powerful voice with great range and agility.
I think that vowel in arabic is different which make it sounds nasal voice.
All of the people hating on this coach......she obviously doesn't go to a mosque or is involved with Arabic culture at all.....she is judging it off her personal experiences. So please.... back off.
(Yes I'm Arabic)
Sorry ma’am but you fell in culture gap, you couldnt judge fair enough..
These clips are focused on one type of Arab singing that called Mawal .. and there were some of the Algerian singing... most Arabic song are different from just this type
I agree arab music isn't all about that, there is so much more diversity to it
Who’s the guy singing at 3:53? That’s crazy!
مرعي سرحان Lebanese murhi serhan
to the untrained ear it might seem out of tune but when u grow up listening to it it just sounds natural
Some nazal singing voices is due to some traditional techniques there which is something very normal and different from you. But in all, I loved yr reaction ❤❤
It takes years and years to even begin to understand Arabic music and registers. Then, it takes some more years to start appreciating Arabic singers for their unique vocal range.
For example, I know exactly who to go to for my Arabic music, because I like specific vocal ranges and registers in their voice, then I start analysing their music.
I can’t believe she skipped over *Asalah* (who is one of the best vocalists in Arabic music) three times! 😭
Note:
1. When it comes to Arabic music, Algerians, Moroccans, Libyans, and Tunisians have unique tones/registers in addition to the usual Arabic sound.
2. Iraq’s in particular have their unique tone/registers that some others such as Gulf nationals (usually) try to mimic (however we all know that the sound originates from Iraq).
3. Lebanese, Syrians, Palestinians, & Jordanians have a tone/register that we call ‘mountainous’, as in it originated from the mountains and countryside.
4. Gulf (Kuwait, Saudi, UAE, Oman, Qatar, & Bahrain) nationals sing with a Khaliji tone that is harder to mimic by the rest of the Arab world (except for Iraqis).
5. The rest of African Arabs (Sudan, Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros, & Mauritania) have their own African-based Arabic tone.
The video is great, but I think the vocal coach is analysing a variety of Arabic singers, whereas each sound originates from a different region.
6:14 cheb mami the one who sing desert rose with sting
Yes !
🇩🇿🇩🇿 yakhouya cheb mami
What song is he singing in this video? 6:10
I liked it thank you so much for this video 💙