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    GHAZAL

    The word ghazal means rhymes while singing which is accompanied by musical instruments and the rhymes used has certain form.

    Middle East

    Iran

    Iraq

    Turkey

    Countries
    Active in
    Ghazal

    Pakistan

    Ghazal
    variations
    in Malaysia

    Malaysia

    Northern
    India

    Arab Ghazal

    Johor Ghazal

    Northern India

    Praises upon
    Prophet
    Muhammad

    Song lyric:
    Arabic
    language

    Islamic
    Teachings

    Directly from
    Middle East

    Theme
    Resembles the
    west marching
    band and
    orchestra

    Alternately being
    added with
    Middle East
    dance
    performances
    like belly dance
    in some
    countries
    especially during
    romantic song

    Musicians and
    performances
    requirements

    Arab
    Ghazal
    Musicians
    dress in Arab
    style

    Musicians seats
    on chairs &
    singer facing the
    audience

    Mostly in
    Kedah,
    Some in
    Johor

    Instruments

    Beats

    West
    rumba
    samba
    tango

    Native
    Middle
    East
    Songs

    Middle East
    masri
    sara
    zapin

    West Influence
    Violin,
    Accordian,
    Guitar, Double
    Bass, Drum,
    Flute, Bell, Celo,
    Maracas,
    Tambourine

    Most
    important
    Gambus

    Song
    lyric:
    Urdu
    language

    Founded by Haji Musa


    bin Yusoff or known as
    Pak Lomak or Mejar
    Lomak

    Social
    issues

    Hindustan melody

    Through
    Northern
    India

    Theme

    The
    beauties
    in
    nature

    Ghazal Asli
    e.g Sri Mersing

    Jawa
    Rhythm &
    Songs
    Hindustan/ Dangdut
    e.g Penawar Rindu

    Johor
    Ghazal
    Joget from
    Portugis

    Arab/Middle East
    Inang/masri
    Zapin

    Instruments

    Modification to suits
    Johorean / Ghazal Melayu
    Gambus Melayu
    Small shape & made of
    animal skin on the body
    face
    Tambourine replaces bell
    Harmonium, Tabla, Guitar,
    Violin
    Additional instruments:
    Flute, mandolin, marakas
    maruwas, rebana, tambor

    Instruments in Northern India


    The first instruments
    introduced:
    Harmonium
    Tabla
    Bell
    Other instruments:
    Sitar, ghazal, gambus, biola
    & etc.

    1) Harmonium
    a) An instrument that play melody or song.
    b) Asli way of playing harmonium
    the harmonium player plays the melody to accompany his/her singing or to accompany other singer.
    c) The way to play it is that, one hand is used to play the melody and the other to pump the air into the harmonium.

    2) Biola (Violin)
    a) To be played along with harmonium but not many ornamentation.
    b) Sometimes at interlude, in between rhymes, violin might be the only instrument to play melody.
    c) String 1___________________________________D (the thinnest)
    String 2___________________________________G
    String 3___________________________________C
    String 4___________________________________F (the thickest)

    3) Gambus (Oud)
    a) Instrument for melody which can also add some ornamentation as accompaniment
    b) To be used as solo instrument at beginning of the song or interlude
    c) There are two kind of gambus used in Malaysia; gambus Melayu has small shape & made of animal skin on the body face
    and original instrument from Middle East
    d) Safety and Precaution (animal skin)(this also applied to tabla)
    i) Keep in room temperature
    ii) Avoid storing in moist condition

    e) All string is paired except the 6th string which totals 11 strings.
    f) String 1___________________________________Bb (the thinnest)
    String 2___________________________________F
    String 3___________________________________C
    String 4___________________________________G
    String 5___________________________________D
    String 6___________________________________A (the thickest) (single string)

    4) Guitar
    a) This instrument is paired with gambus and has the similar function.
    b) Sometimes guitar are used to accompany songs and play chords.
    c) String 1___________________________________D (the thinnest)
    String 2___________________________________A
    String 3___________________________________F
    String 4___________________________________C
    String 5___________________________________G
    String 6___________________________________F (the thickest)

    5) Tabla
    a) Originated from India. It is made as two parts.
    Size\Country

    i)

    India

    ii)

    Indonesia

    iii)

    Small

    chalte

    dang

    dhin

    Big

    daga

    dut

    Bam

    Malaysia

    There are few Ghazal group in Malaysia.

    Seri PenambangMuar

    Seri Maharani..Muar (founded in the 40s)

    Seri PemudaMuar

    Seri KenanganMuar

    Seri Banang.Batu Pahat

    The first song introduced by Mejar Lomak is Sri Mersing. Sri Mersing has two verses of rhymes. The singer of ghazal asli sings in
    high pitch not relaxed pitch. In the song there are char, verse, chorus, and bridge.

    Bridge is played before the verses, after char and after chorus.

    Char is usually played at the beginning and the ending of the song

    Char is played in inang dangdut rhythm

    Sometimes char is played in the middle of the song.

    Tafsin is the melody played without tempo and rhythm.

    Maracas controls tempo in Ghazal music arrangement.

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