The first thing I found was a women who plays the riq. Her name is Bahareh Moghtadaei. She is a music therapist. She was born in Tehran and started learning music at the age of four. She played the riq in the ULCA Middle Eastern Ensemble and SK Middle Eastern Ensemble. If you want to learn more about her, here is her offical website http://www.baharehmt.com/Biography.htm. But here is a video of her playing the riq.
The next thing I found was a Arab world artist. Her name is Nancy Ajram. She was born in Acrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon; and bring raised in a Christian family. She is known to be a Lebanese recording artist.
This song, Ah W Noss, was done in 2004 and was one of biggest songs.
The final thing I found and wanted to search is from the India world. As we discussed in class the Hindu trinity, Shiva. Shiva is the destroyer. This is said to be the most popular song of Lord Shiva ever.
The rig is a really fun instrument and when watching videos in class and we could see someone playing, it is almost unbelievable how many beats and sounds you could make with such a small instrument.
ReplyDeleteThe riq is such a cool instrument and makes so many great sounds! The women playing the riq in the video is very talented and her website is very informative of all that she has accomplished.
ReplyDeleteThe video of Lord Shiva's most popular song is really interesting. It sounds really modern to me. I also like the riq. Pretty cool that the woman in the video started playing and learning music at only 4 years old.
ReplyDeleteIt's neat to see the occupation of music therapy in other parts of the world. I never knew about music therapy until I came to college and I think it is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI loved Nancy Ajram's video! I loved the way her voice came across! The Shiva song was very interesting! I wasn't expecting the gentle female voices. I was thinking that a man was going to sing, but it was a pleasant surprise!
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I really enjoy hearing the riq instrument. Like someone else said, I didn't think about music therapy being in other parts of the world.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Kathleen! One of my old roomies was a music therapy major, so it is really cool to see it in action!
ReplyDeleteI like how there is such a vast difference between the artist you chose. I like how they all represent their culture but in different ways
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that music therapy is growing everywhere!
ReplyDeleteI never thought about other countries having music therapy, let alone using their culture's instruments. That's cool.
ReplyDeleteOh, you found Nancy Ajram! I almost always have someone in class find her videos--she's quite wonderful, isn't she? I'm always glad to find her stuff on the blogs.
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