Arabic Samples

[kungfaux17]

im lookin for those arabic samples you know the indian type chant but its mostly a muslim thing you hear on movies that take place in the middle east.. if you happen to know where i can get some...

[HelgeG]

http://www.aswatalislam.net/

[Mr. Tunes]

well there's two types of chants(well way more than two) - but you have ones originating from the middle east and others from india and surrounding countries. i think the indian chant is referred to tuuva but i could be completely wrong. I think in general you are looking for throat singing. anyways if anyone knows more on the subject i'd be interested to learn.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/226.html

you know this funny plugin has been used on many tracks? i haven't tried it myself unfortunately.

[Voidoid Surrealist]

its mostly a muslim thing you hear on movies that take place in the middle east..

Are you perhaps thinking of Qawwali?

[AKJ]

well there's two types of chants(well way more than two) - but you have ones originating from the middle east and others from india and surrounding countries. i think the indian chant is referred to tuuva but i could be completely wrong. I think in general you are looking for throat singing. anyways if anyone knows more on the subject i'd be interested to learn.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/226.html

you know this funny plugin has been used on many tracks? i haven't tried it myself unfortunately.

yes, you are completely wrong, this is like mixing up a banjo and a piano: two completly different worlds.

also arabic and indian music are differnt: in arabic countries people speak (and sing) arabic and different scales are used than in india (where, well, people spaek many different languages, but not arabic. if you refer to north indian muslim music, then, yes quawwali is the right hint.

I suggest that people who want to use samples from other music traditions at least show the respect to get some information on those music traditions first.

best, akj

[blaster78]

well there's two types of chants(well way more than two) - but you have ones originating from the middle east and others from india and surrounding countries. i think the indian chant is referred to tuuva but i could be completely wrong. I think in general you are looking for throat singing. anyways if anyone knows more on the subject i'd be interested to learn.

http://www.kvraudio.com/get/226.html

you know this funny plugin has been used on many tracks? i haven't tried it myself unfortunately.

yes, you are completely wrong, this is like mixing up a banjo and a piano: two completly different worlds.

also arabic and indian music are differnt: in arabic countries people speak (and sing) arabic and different scales are used than in india (where, well, people spaek many different languages, but not arabic. if you refer to north indian muslim music, then, yes quawwali is the right hint.

I suggest that people who want to use samples from other music traditions at least show the respect to get some information on those music traditions first.

best, akj

true i spose, but what happens if you just like the sound and don't want to spend three weeks reading wiki entries.

i love stuff like spem in alium but i don't speak latin, can't sing and couldn't tell you what thomas tallis was about if i tried.

i just liked it on inspector morse when i was little and it's stuck with me.

i also really like the middle eastern call to prayer stuff but i don't speak arabic and have never read the koran. i know nothing about why this is done, any of the traditions involved or anything else. it just sounds cool.

to respect and enjoy the sound and the skill involved does not require you to know anything about it all.

[Voidoid Surrealist]

in arabic countries people speak (and sing) arabic and different scales are used than in india (where, well, people spaek many different languages, but not arabic. if you refer to north indian muslim music, then, yes quawwali is the right hint.

And when you have music based on various maqamat, you start dealing with something much more than just the traditional western notion of "scales"

A fairly good intro to the maqam system can be found here…

[AKJ]

you don't have to spend three weeks reading just to realize that arabic and indian are not the same (actually already the name tells it) and that throat-singing has nothing to do with both. and if you use samples from foreign cultures in your music it might improve the results to know what you are doing.

[blaster78]

might

important word, but yeah, i agree with you basically, i'm just pointing out that its not entirely necessary.

i did a tune with some duduk samples off topaz and spent quite a while reading about armenian music, it was fun, but not necessary. i could have written the tune just as well without that knowledge.