Last night I went to a friend's house for a social visit and he invited me to sing along with him.He has a complete set for making and listening to music in his home.(see the photo at my moblog).I declined politely and said thanks for the offer.I only can listen and have yet to appreciate the arts of music making and playing musical instruments. He is a few years older than me and he picked up music only a few years ago. Now, he can play guitar,piano and drum.Wow!
When I asked him why he took up music,he told me that engaging in music involves his body and soul-the mind,the vocal and the hands and legs must move in harmony.It is not just the physical activity but also an intellectual as well as the spiritual exercise for him. Then ,he went on to talk about music in sufism-which is beyond me.
Lately,I also took interest in music;not in making music or singing but just listening. After I re-learnt tajweed in details,I began to enjoy listening to the Qur'an. Now, it is "music" to my ears.Alhamdulillah.In my iPod, I have more than one thousand songs and the whole al-Qur'an recited by al-Ghamidi.The Qur'an took about 0.5 GB.
From my little experience in listening to music and Qur'an, we need the pre-requisite knowledge of the both in order to really appreciate the beauty. "Tak kenal,maka tak cinta".
Occasionally, I also took my wife to MPO at KLCC to listen the full orchestra music. I really love to listen to 'gamelan' music being played together with other musical instruments.
Assalammualaikum Pak Adib, mysanc main recorder (the cheapest instrument) pun sumbang. Masa lower secondary Cikgu muzik suruh tiup rekorder main lagu 'If you are going to San Franciso' mysanc bulldoze aje (langgar semua sharp or flat). Cikgu tanya kenapa main laju2, mysanc cakap nk cepat abis.
Posted by: mysanc | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 08:56 AM
I love listen to gamelan too. tenang dan segar.
Posted by: md | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 09:04 AM
I gave a tape of gamelan to someone who's returning to England. The feedback - the music spooks.
Posted by: mysanc | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 09:46 AM
a'kum pak adib..
i love al-ghamidi recitations too but i've owest failed in downloading them. once i did manage to but my cpu was stolen days after. :( now am searching all over the web but can't seem to. any suggestion?
piano n gamelan? love em.. used to play em in sch together wif caklempong but since masuk uni dah nie, am too tied up.. hehee.. perhaps one day will resume playing em..
love reading all yr blogs pak.. slamat menyambut ramadhan al-mubarak..
wassalam..
Posted by: winnie | Wednesday, October 13, 2004 at 11:58 AM
Assalamaualikum Pak Adib ,
Lama dah cari ,MP3 gamelan / cak lempong all over web . Now still fail la . Any web to seggest ?
Hm , bye the way Selamat berpuasa . Send regard to ur wife too
Posted by: Des | Thursday, October 14, 2004 at 08:29 AM