I was wondering if studying some "call to the prayer" should be a useful exercise to get the intonation of common maqams.
Anyone has some suggestions of recordings ?
Sure it can be useful, to get the main mood of the maqam.
Many classical players have a background in coran cantillation...And many don't ! Listening a song of Oum Kalthoum is also very pedagogic is feeling
the mood of a maqam and how to explore it. Some Coran cantillators have a soulfful interpretation, some more or less...Listen and make your choice
If you read arabic, I found this website which is full of records to explore. Cantillation and lessons. Among them some specific irakis maqams. http://m.qoranway.com/main_lessons.html
hope this help Mehran - 7-6-2014 at 06:35 AM
A very famous, and in my opinion best recording of Rabbana (sura al imran, سورة
العمران by Shajarian.
Would like to point out it should read سورة آل عمران , Al Imran in two words,
meaning the sourat of the Imran family. آل (aal) here meaning "family" and not "al" the prefix.juju - 7-7-2014 at 07:40 AM
Thanks for all your replies !
I also found that compilation. It seems to be made with old recordings.
Jews with roots in the Arabic-speaking world also chant in maqam. The weekly "Parsha," the portion of the Torah (1st 5 books of the Bible) chanted
Saturday mornings in the synagogue, is chanted according to a schedule of maqamat.
But either ways I am not sure of the maqams )Rambaldi47 - 7-11-2014 at 01:53 PM
I like Sheikh Mustafa Ismail's acrobatic movements. Not that I recognize
them all but his Rast & Jiharkah, especially in the high notes, are very powerful.
by Shajarian.