So, get someone with Sashtriya Sangeet background to determine Taal for each qasida and then your lead singers will pick a particular rhythm of a song or qawwali to match the lyrical composition. You will need a harmonium to set this entire book in the beginning and it will help your dhol/nagara/tasha team to play in Synchrony. I wish I was in India to help your team, but I am so far away. Best of luck.
Qasida usually are written by famous Sufi lyricists and Aaleems. How you sing them depends on you and the outcome depends on the fact that the singers' Sangeet knowledge becomes the decisive factor. So, it is important to get into the practice before the Gyaarvi Sharif comes every year. Gte started one month in advance and practice with lead singers, duff players and drum/tasha players. The taal needs to be determined. Dadra, Ektaal, Teental, Qawwali Theka, Adha Chautal, Drupad, Jahp Taal and Deepchandi are some basic and famous taals. Not all Qasidas will fit in one kind of taal. The Sashtriya Sangeet student or Ustad will have to tell you which taal fits best a particular Qasida. Do not take this offensively...I am simply giving you some guidance so that your Rifai Rateb will sound better and can become exemplary in the world. Singing and beating fast will get you lost. This for example, has more than one qasida but all I see is that the drums/tasha are beating almost 280-320 BPM in Dadra taal which is not good. That is why the Karnapriyata of the rateb suffers and people do not seem to like the sound of it.
Pick some popular songs from 60s-2010s and try to match. Some of the beautiful Raagas are....Kirwani, Bhairavi, Pahadi, Nut Bhairav, Shivranjani and Mishrit Shivranjani, Multani, Madhuvanti, Bhimpalasi, Patadip, Pilu, Khamaj, Desh, Bhopali, Durga. You have to slow down the beats when you sing and play. DHol/nagara/tasha players should not be allowed to play fast and determine the outcome of the Rateb. The lead singers must have the upper hand in deciding a particular Lai/Tempo of any taal used by these players.
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So, get someone with Sashtriya Sangeet background to determine Taal for each qasida and then your lead singers will pick a particular rhythm of a song or qawwali to match the lyrical composition. You will need a harmonium to set this entire book in the beginning and it will help your dhol/nagara/tasha team to play in Synchrony. I wish I was in India to help your team, but I am so far away.
Best of luck.
Qasida usually are written by famous Sufi lyricists and Aaleems. How you sing them depends on you and the outcome depends on the fact that the singers' Sangeet knowledge becomes the decisive factor.
So, it is important to get into the practice before the Gyaarvi Sharif comes every year. Gte started one month in advance and practice with lead singers, duff players and drum/tasha players. The taal needs to be determined. Dadra, Ektaal, Teental, Qawwali Theka, Adha Chautal, Drupad, Jahp Taal and Deepchandi are some basic and famous taals. Not all Qasidas will fit in one kind of taal. The Sashtriya Sangeet student or Ustad will have to tell you which taal fits best a particular Qasida.
Do not take this offensively...I am simply giving you some guidance so that your Rifai Rateb will sound better and can become exemplary in the world.
Singing and beating fast will get you lost. This for example, has more than one qasida but all I see is that the drums/tasha are beating almost 280-320 BPM in Dadra taal which is not good. That is why the Karnapriyata of the rateb suffers and people do not seem to like the sound of it.
Pick some popular songs from 60s-2010s and try to match. Some of the beautiful Raagas are....Kirwani, Bhairavi, Pahadi, Nut Bhairav, Shivranjani and Mishrit Shivranjani, Multani, Madhuvanti, Bhimpalasi, Patadip, Pilu, Khamaj, Desh, Bhopali, Durga.
You have to slow down the beats when you sing and play. DHol/nagara/tasha players should not be allowed to play fast and determine the outcome of the Rateb. The lead singers must have the upper hand in deciding a particular Lai/Tempo of any taal used by these players.