why does serbian music sound arabic?

Question

i was listening to it and my sister walked in and asked me why i was listening to arabic music (her husband is arabic)
so she knows arabic music when she hears it.
and ecspecially the balkan beat it sounds sooooo arabic...why is this?? did arabics copy off of serbians or is it the other way around?

Answer 1

I'm from Serbia and believe me that it's such a pain listening to that kind of music. What happened here in the nineties was that we were under sanctions and in order to amuse the people somehow Turkish music influenced a lot our folk music. True Serbian music is really beautiful, but Turkish influence created something that we nowadays call turbo folk. Turbo folk is unfortunately popular among younger people and uneducated people (of course, there are always exceptions from this rule). It would be much different if you could here what real Serbian music sounded like, you'll see it's much different from this turbo b...s... Try searching the web site in sources I left you, you can actually watch video and listen to our singer Bilja who is famous for her return to true Serbian traditional music. The second link is for Bora Dugic and madam piano who also sound a bit traditional. All you have to do is to right click words that say madam Piano & Bora Dugic - Moj jasmin and select Save target as. By doing so, you'll copy the song on your computer.

Hope this helps !!!

Answer 2

You are all catastrophically misled to a degree that makes me want to vomit my organs.

Serbian Turbo-Folk music (the recently popular genre in Serbia) does have a significant amount of Oriental influence. By claiming that this is Turkish, you're buying into a lie that has been circulated for centuries. There is no Turkish music, my friends. There is almost no Serbian music either, technically speaking. Only a smaller portion of music in Serbia has been invented in Serbia and is unique to our country (example: Accordion tunes that are played rapidly were evolved and created in Serbia). Back onto Turkish music, it's main portion consists of Arabesque music, with the exception of some very small European and Romantic influences. Hint: ARABesque. It comes solely from Arabic musical styles, which come from Pre-Islamic and old entities from the heart of antiquity, including Ancient Greek, Assyrian, Ancient Arabain, and other sources. The ancient Serb tribe (whose genetic successors are Croats, Serbs, Montenegrins, and sadly Bosnians) itself holds a prominent theory in which it originates from the Middle East, in this order: Slavicized Modern Serbs, White Serbs, Ancient Serbs, Sarmatians, Scythians, Sumerians, and so on. Therefore, the incorporation of Oriental themes in Serbian music (provided that you believe the tribe theory) is basically justified. By having roots in the very cultures that sparked the creation of Middle Eastern and Turkish music, Serbs don't deserve to be alienated or seen in a negative light for listening to such Turbo-Folk Styles. On the other hand, Serbs do have evident roots in European cultures, and thus, these Oriental themes shouldn't compose most of the music circulating in our culture. That's why I myself am somewhat opposed to many Turbo-Folk artists, both for the reason I've just stated, and because the sexually promiscuous nature of many Turbo-Folk songs is deeply annoying.

Long story short,

1. In reality, there is no "Turkish Music".
2. Some of our music does have minor Oriental influences that are justified.
3. Turbo-Folk isn't necessarily good in any case, due to its frequently occuring primitive and promiscuous nature.
4. It's not a pain listening to Oriental music. I enjoy music from Armenia as well, and it's many times more middle-eastern like than Serbian Music.
5. Making Oriental themes synonymous with Islam and Turkey is a rather unintelligent and pathetic implication to make.

Hope that helps. :P

Answer 3

Sound Arabic

Answer 4

doesn't sound arabic, it's more turkish. After 500 year with Ottoman's something most sound Turkish.Serbians still use Turkish word's. They have more then 1000 turkish word's on serbian language, so they must have something turkish for example in music.

Answer 5

Maybe it's because of the high influence of Ottomans. You know the Balkans were under the control of Ottoman Empire for centuries. And in the ottoman culture, there's the middle eastern influence as well.

Answer 6

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