Music culture of Pakistan

By Muhammad Zubair hassanRoll no : 9357

Content

Classical Music Gharana:a) Patiala Gharanab) Sham Chaurasi Gharanac) Gwalior Gharana

Insutruments:

Qawwali:

Folk Music:

Fafi:

Ghazal:

Pop Music:

History

Pakistan is the to all the great classical Gharana of northern india. The foremost among these is the kirana school, whose great master in pre-independence india was Ustad Abdul Karim Khan. His disciple and niece, Malika-e-Mousiqi Roshan Ara Begum gave her greatest performances after independence.

Instruments

Classical Music Gharana

Patiala Gharana

The patiala gharana of classical music was patronized for many generations by the maharajas of patiala, and migrated to Pakistan 1947. Ustad Akhtar Hussain Khan performed in Pakistan, and trained his sons in this style of singing which combines many different styles. Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, Ustad Hamid Ali Khan wew his sons, and all three disply the power, veriety and melody of this family.

Ustad Amanat Ali’s sons, Asad Amanat Ali and Shafqat

• Ustad Amanat Ali’s sons, Asad Amanat Ali and Shafqat Amanat Ali epitomize two different developments in Pakistan music.

• Ustad Fateh Ali’s son Rustum fateh Ali remains true to the classical style.

Ustad Hamid Ali has trained his sons classically, but they also sing fusion music under the name “Raga Boys”

Sham Chaurasi Gharana

East Punjab has produced two great singer, the brothers Ustad Nazakat Ali and Ustad Salamat Ali. The Latter’s son Shafqat Salamat ali is a promising singer today, with a voice of great power.

Gwalior Gharana

The Gwalior Gharana, that settled in hyderabad, sindh, before Independence, trace their roots back to mian Tanseen, who was court singer to the great Moghul Emperor Abar. This school of singing is related by marriage to the Patiala Gharana, and counts Ustad umeed Ali as its greatest exponent.

Qawwali

Qawwali is another popular genre of Pakistani music, inspired by centuries-old tradition rooted in spirituality. The Sabri brothers and Manzoor Ahmed Khan Niazi internationalized qawwali drawing huge crowds at home and abroad.

Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan was a singer of unique talents, who trained his voice into an instrument of tenderness and variety. He belonged to a qawwali gharana from East Punjab and gradually moved from traditional qawwali singing to asemi-western style of performance in collaboration with peter gabriel.his compositions have been part of the

Background music of many films and he can be credited with single-handedly introducing Pakistani music to the west.

List of Qawwali Singer

•Aziz Mian

•Nusrat Fateh Ali

• Sabri Brothers

• Meher Ali Sher Ali

• Sher Miandad

• Farrukh Fateh Ali

Folk Music

The folk music of Pakistan represents the real culture of people: their love and hates, their joys and sorrows, their colourfull ceremonies and festivities, and above all their spiritual entity. It includes all the songs and dances spontaneously originating among the people of different regions. For example Waris shah’s Heer has been sung to a typical traditional tune to this day.

Singer of Folk Music

• Attaullah Khan Isakhelvi

• Tufail Naizi

• Shaukat Ali

• Reshmaan

• Allam Lohar

• Allan Fakir

• Pathaney Khan

• Inayat Hussain Bhatti

Kafi:

The late Zahida Parveen was a master of kafi singing. Her daughter shaida Parveen possesses her mother’s command of the form and her devotional urge. Yet today trends and perhaps necessity, have led her away from kafi’s and towards the geet the ghazal, semi-classical and folk from. Abida Parveen is another renowned kafi singer of sindh, but she to sings in many other gences.

Name Singer:

• Abida Parveen

• Sain Zahoor

• Hina Nasrullah

• Sanam marvi

Gahzal:

• Many artists have been singing ghazals and some have earned a great name in the history of ghazal recitals. These include the classical, semi classical as well as the popular singers of the movie world. However, when we talk of ghazal in music, it needs to be emphasized that ghazal singing is a distinct art from classical singing, for skilled classical singers are not necessarily good ghazal singers as well.

Ghazal Singer Name:

• Amanat Ali

• Asad Amanat Ali

• Begum Akhtar

• Farida khanum

• Ghulam Ali

• Iqbal Bano

• Rahat Fateh Ali

• Malika Pukhraj

• Mahdi Hassan

• Munni Begum

• Noor jehan

• Reshma

• Shafqat Amanat Ali

• Tina Sani

Pop Music

Contemporary pop music in Pakistan is a combination of Eastern improvisation, African rhythms, and Western polyphonic musical expression, including interchanging scales. It has more rhythmic than melodic appeal, especially for younger listeners, who fall under the sway of its almost amorous quality. The best known among young Pakistani singers who pioneered pop are Nazia Hassan and Zohaib Hassan, who learned, composed, and recorded their songs abroad.

Pop music in Pakistan is undergoing a healthy expansion. Young bands enjoy wide exposure and must compete with talented new entrants to the field. Outstanding bands which have distinguished themselves in the pop genre include Vital Signs, Janoon, Strings, Akash and Awaz. A few of these have gained international exposure and recognition when their songs were aired on satellite television.

PoP Singer Name

• Abrar-ul-Haq

• Ahmed Jahanzeb

• Alamgir

• Ali Zafar

• Atif aslam

• Fariha Pervez

• Hadiqa Kiyani

• Fakhre , Haroon

• Jal

• Shehzad Roy

• Runna laila

• Nazia Hassan, Zohaib Hassan

• Sajjad Ali

• Komal Rizvi

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