naats

The first step in learning to sing anything, be it Naats, Songs, Opera or Qawali is to match your voice with an instrument that is playing a note. The same note has to keep playing so the student can listen to how high or low the sound is and then make the same sound with his own voice. I spent �300 to get a harmonium. I would advise you to get one as well if you're really serious about learning. But if you don't have that much money or wanna learn as a hobby then there are FREE alternatives. But I have to emphasize that there is nothing in the free alternatives option that comes even close to a harmonium.  The problem is that our society have degraded the harmonium and label it as something that "uncivilized" members of our culture use.This is not the case.             All Naat Khwaans own and use a harmonium on a daily basis to perform vocal practices.  Anyways, back to the free stuff! Download piano software from the link below and we'll go on to the next step.

I have written quite a bit about the theory and my reason is that I want people interested in learning Naats to actually get to reading Naats instead of spending too much time learning theory, getting bored and eventually given up. You will have to keep coming back to check up but it will take you a minimum of  two three visits to this page before you fully grasp everything that's written here. You may just skim through this page if you want but if you don't understand this then you won't be able to use the next post which explains how you can use it to read Naats. The Seven Surs.  We have 7 names for the musical notes. All music theories have the same 7 notes with different names. The Western and Arabic music system use the french names which go like this: Do----Re---Mi---Fa---Sol---La---Si and back to Do. The Indian Music system uses these names: Sa---Ray---Ga---Ma---Pa---Da---Ni and back to Sa. Below is a table which brings all these together: To start learning Raag all

Hazrat Dawood Alaihisalam was given the Muajaza (miracle) of Sur vocal singing. He used to recite the Zabur Shareef (Psalms of David/Dawood) so beutifully that the animals used to to stop to listen to him. Shaytaan understood the miracle that was revealed and broke it down into the 7/12 musical notes (you will understand this better after understanding musical theory). The drum to provide the rhythm and the flute to play the musical notes. We accidentally perceive music to be Haram when it is used in Makkah & Madina. We don't use musical instruments but we do sing the words. Naat are read with Raag and so is the Holy Quran. Even the Azaan in Makkah & Madina are based on a fixed musical system or scale. Our neighbors in Inndia have given Music a bad name by using it in other ways. This is what shaytaan wanted. To break down a Miracle of Allah into easy to use components so the public can use it and then have his followers (the Shayateen) whisper bad ideas into the minds of m

                                        Raag Darbari                               All Naats on this page are composed in Raag Darbari. The notes of Raag Darbari are: Going up:  n-S-R-g-R-S----M-P-d-n-S Coming down: S-d-n-P-M-P-g-M-R-S.                                  Main Nazr Karun Jan-o-Jogar                                                                                                   Naat Sarkar Ki Parta Hoon Mein

All Naats on this page are composed in Raag Kafi.   The notes of Raag Kafi are: S-R-g-M-P-D-n-S. Zameen Meli Nahin Hoti                                                                                                                                                                                       Zameen Meli Nahin Hoti Rukhay Sarkar Sa Koi Nazara Rab Farmaya Mehbooba

All Naats on this page are composed in Raag Bhairavi. The notes of Raag Bhairavi are: S-r-g-M-P-d-n-S. Mustafa Jan-e-Rehmat Pe Lakhon Salam Aye Saba Mustafa Se Keh Dena Mein Lajpalaan De  This composition is in Sindhi Bhairavi which uses both Re and both Dha (Komal & Shudd). The notes used in this Raag are: S-r-R-g-M-P-d-D-n-S.                      Mein Lajpaalaan de lar lage-aan  Mien      La  j      p a       laan         De   Lar  ra     La  ge     aaan          S R         S    n     S g       P M g      g       g    M       d    P     m P m                    Meray toon gham paray re-an day.  Meray     toon       gham      pa       ray         Re-an day  G  R         S n            S         M      g M g         r       S

Assalaamu-Aliakum Wa Rahamatullahi Wa Barakatuh. This is my first post and would to point out why I have created this blog. When I first started to learn Raags from my teacher I was given songs in Hindi to remember the Raag by and to remember how the Raag flowed (chalan). I want to eliminate that because even though the people don't know which Indian song you're copying,your attention as a Naat reader goes towards the songs. This blog is a reference for me and hopefully for all students who wish to recite the beautiful praise of our Holy Master Sayyiduna Rasoolullah Sallalahu Alaihi Wasalam. I will start my posts by identifying Naats composed in the most common Raags and will continue to add to those as I understand and decrypt more. My blog is designed for those people who already have a basic understanding of Raag and how they are used in Naat reading. If you are a beginner with no former knowledge of Raags and are interested in reciting the praise of Sayyiduna Rasoolullah Sa