meddle eastern belly dancing music?

Answer 1

Your question is too vague. I don't know what exactly your looking to discover? Are you asking for recommendations for what to use for bellydancing? Are you asking where you can buy this music? Are you looking to listen to clips online? Are you looking for downloads?

Middle Eastern Bellydance music has many different types. It's different from country to county and also has specific styles in each of the countries. There are many different types of bellydance and you generally want to choose music that is appropriate to the style you wish to perform. Some common styles are Egyptian, Turkish, Lebanese, American, Moroccan, Gulf Styles. Within each of those there are more traditional and more modern variations. Some even contain sub styles. So the music you choose may need more consideration. If you just want to practice for for with anything that's alright but if you plan to perform try to do a little research on what you wish to use. In egyptian music there is classical arabic music like that of Om Kalthoum (various spellings, same person) and Mohamed Abdel Wahab. This music generally has a full orchestra and a single piece may last for half an hour or longer.
Here are some short clips from each (from a site which you may purchase music if you like):
Om Kalthoum
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid209.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid210.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid213.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid215.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid216.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid217.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid218.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid219.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid220.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid221.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sid222.htm
Mohamed Abdel Wahab
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sida67.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi761.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi608.htm

Early Egyptian pop shared somethings in common with classical in that a full orchestra was still used but it differed in several ways as well. They started introducing new instruments (such as accordians) into their music. The pieces were often shorter than classical pieces but were still longer than the typical American pop song. These songs frequently lasted 5-10 minutes as opposed to 20 minutes or longer. Also as a side note many artist who rose to fame in this egyptian genre were not actually Egyptian but from neigboring countries. There music is still considered to be Egyptian because the Artists lived in Egypt, used Egyptian accent and also Egyptian style in their music. Some artists of this style are Farid Al-Atrache, Abdel Halim Hafez, and Warda
Farid Al-Atrache
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi416.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/bg601.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/vl537.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/vl537.htm
Abdel Halim Hafez
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi822.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/cxg601.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/cxg613.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi521.htm
Warda
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi132.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi733.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi651.htm

Modern Popular Egyptian music is different from the classic form and it's predecesors in early pop. It uses instruments that are not traditionally used in Egypt and also modern ones suck as keyboards, drum machines, electric guitars, etc... A few of the most well known modern pop artists in Egypt are Amr Diab, Ehab Tawfik, and Hakim
Amr Diab
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi677.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi909.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi264.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi692.htm
Ehab Tawfik
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi7592.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/emi646.htm
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/sta811.htm
Hakim
http://www.aramusic.com/htmls/mon011.htm

Beyond this there is also specific styles of music such as saidi, baladi, zaffa, and zar. These styles are very different from each other but I will not go into detail since this answer is already long enough.

Since I've just done a small disection of Egyptian music I'll just give you a small Idea of other styles.
In Lebanese music there is a similar breakdown like what was done for Egyptian music but you would probably want to note Fairuz and Nawal Al-Zougbi as prominant artists (Fairuz being more classical early pop and Nawal as more modern pop. Another type of music that is found in Lebanon and not Egypt is Debke. Although Debke music is found all over the levantine area as well. In the Maghreb there is Amazigh music and Morocco developed their own music known as rai which sarted as more of a political statement. Cheb Mami is a very famous rai singer. Among american bellydance stlyes we often use a mix of musical styles some of the more popular musicians we use are Hosam Ramzy are Eddie "the Sheik" Kochak. This is of course among caberet styles. If you really want to know more about other styles (I know I focused more on egyptian than anything else but all of these styles are equally good and well worth knowing) please feel free to contact me through my site
http://www.middleeasterndance.net

Answer 2

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Answer 3

You have an enormous choice! Look around, watch performances, listen in CD shops. Don't worry too much what other people have to say about your choice of music. Just find whatever you express yourself best to.

There's the "new age" music like Desert Wind, Zorba, Turbo Tabla. It's better not to do too much of these if you're a professional.

There's the bouncy Arabic pop music (often Egyptian or Lebanese) such as Nawal Al Zoughbi, Emmad Sayyah, Fairuz Karum, Amr Diab, Haifa Wahbi. They're not traditional, but everyone enjoys these pieces!

You can do drum solos with a live drummer, if you're good with sharp accents.

If you're up for a challenge, the long Egyptian orchestra pieces (maybe 20 mins or more) are very varied, changing their beat and their melodies periodically so that you can show off your entire reportoire of moves. Normally you'd buy a CD, maybe Om Kaulthom or a compilation. However some dancers like Dina have entire orchestras playing just for them!

Answer 4

Try Alabina, a North African/Spanish influenced ensemble. It's great music for belly dancing.

Answer 5

"Meddle" - "Middle" I love Amr Diab, Hakim, and Tarkan. Alabina is good and so is Nancy Ajram. You can definitely bellydance to these singers' music!

Answer 6

Www.aramusic.com