Rachid Aabaoui ANT 252 Ethnomusicological Content Analysis Song name 2003 2004 Al Mu allim Sami Yusuf Music is inconceivable in its ability to be able to have so many sounds emotions instruments beats genres and people who listen to the millions of different types every day Music is global for a reason It reaches every part of us because music is a form of expression Music is one of the numerous things that makes us human Music is worldwide on purpose It achieves all aspects of us on the grounds that music is a manifestation of interpretation Music can be a powerful medium to promote ideas and establish dialogue within society The song s content for style The main idea of this song is explicitly religious themes praising the Prophet Mohammad saying We once had a Teacher The Teacher of teachers He changed the world for the better And made us better creatures Oh Allah we ve shamed ourselves We ve strayed from Al Mu allim Surely we ve wronged ourselves What will we say in front him Oh Mu allim Also the album cover symbolized the light of the Prophetic message illuminating the darkness of the night Genre Religion Islamic Song What the purpose of the song is message This song Al Mu allim which can be translate to English as Teacher From its title in Arabic we can say this song is about the personality of Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him and how he changed the people s beliefs their behavior their customs and their social norms and he did so by convincing them with kindness and gentle persuasion Song Al Mu allim became an instant hit in the Middle East North Africa and South East Asia topping the charts in Egypt and Turkey for twelve consecutive weeks selling over seven million copies worldwide Believing that music can be a powerful medium to promote ideas and establish dialogue within society Social context it reached the ears of unexpectedly diverse range of listeners constituting of various nationalities ages and races The song s melody slow soft and spirituality song Song s harmony catchy and deeply moving and all captivate with the inherent power of spirituality Rhythm do they help or hinder in the delivery of the song s message The song is so soft to the ears and most of the people like it when they heard it in the first time The words are understandable What material culture was involved in the production of the music you analyzed Islam culture and he coalesced Eastern percussive instrumentation and Western melodies in AlMu allim with a focus on the English and Arabic languages
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