Hello everyone
As we know Music is an art that combine sounds and silence to make a good rythme.
But music is also a world language that unit all sort of people. The music open our hearts to tolerence and love and make us friendly and open with others.
And the most beautiful thing is that music express all sort of feelings and it's a heritage of history and stories.
The Chaâbi :
the Chaâbi is the most loved music in my country Algeria .
it is derived from the Arab-Andalusian music and has appeared in 1920 in the Casbah of Algiers.
chaâbi means in arabic 'popular'. and it's named like this because lyrice areall about popular poems that relate love, loss,exile religious and life experiences stories.
Chaabi is part of a deeply conservative tradition and its lyrics often carrying a strong moral message.
instruments:
The chaâbi uses the following musical instruments:
two percussion instruments namely the derbouka and the tar
but also the chaâbi mandole (typically Algerian instrument, a kind of big mandolin with guitar sounds, equipped with a long neck with four double strings in metal)
the violin and the banjo , ney (reed flute) and qanûn.
The violinists of Arabo-Andalusian and Chaabi always use their violin vertically.
As for the mandole, it replaced the kouitra (instrument of the Arab-Andalusian music Algerian).
It is not uncommon to hear the piano too. On the other hand, no electric instrument is allowed, except sometimes the keyboard for its practical side.
Musicians :
- El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka (1907–1978), considered the founder of Chaabi
- Amar Ezzahi
- Boudjemaâ El Ankis
- El Hachemi Guerouabi
- Kamel Messaoudi
- Abdelkader Chaou
- Dahmane El Harrachi : my favorite one ^^ i invite you to listen at one of it's songs named Ya rayah which is a message for all imigrants of the world.
i found it subtitled on youtube but with another artist voice :
and if you want the original one :
a post is not enough to present this bautiful heritage. this why i will make others to give you a complete image of our music and Algerian culture.
thanks for reading
see you v🌷🎵🎻