August 11, 2007
Saturday Qawwali Special II
In qawwali singing, there is a tradition of improvisational singing of the names of the musical notes in Urdu ("Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, and Ti" are called "Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Da, and Ni" in Urdu). Each name, like Sa, is sung in the pitch which it denotes, and it can be done very fast by some people. Here you can see the Pakistani master singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan improvising in the middle of a qawwali:
Another improvisation by Nusrat here.
See my first Saturday Qawwali Special at 3QD here.
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This is one of the greatest things ever.
Thank you!!
Posted by: Daniel Humphries | Aug 12, 2007 12:07:33 AM
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