Chosen Topic
Relation of Music and Musical Instruments in Islam
Introduction
“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the
path of Allah…”
• Luqmaan (31:6)
• What is Music?[1]
Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or
emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most
Western music, harmony.
SEVEN elements of Music:[2]
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Timbre
• Dynamics
• Texture
• Form.
, • Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music#:~:text=Music%20has%20many
%20different%20fundamentals,articulation%2C%20form%2C%20and%20structure.)
• Kaitlinlove (https://kaitlinbove.com/elements-of-music)
• Forms of Music:[3]
Common forms of music
• Strophic form.
• Medley or "chain" form.
• Binary form.
• Ternary form.
• Rondo form.
• Variational form.
• Sonata-allegro form.
Social View
• Preliminary[4]
The history of music covers the historical development and presence
of music from prehistoric times to the present day. Though definition of music vary wildly
throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and music is thus considered
a cultural universal. The origin of music remain highly contentious; commentators often
relate it to the origin of language, with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose
before, after or simultaneously with language. Many theories have been proposed by scholars
from a wide range of disciplines, though none have achieved wide approval. Most cultures
have their own mythical origins concerning the invention of music, generally rooted in their
respective mythological, religious or philosophical beliefs.
The music of prehistoric cultures is first firmly dated to c. 40,000 BP of the Upper
Paleolithic by evidence of bone flutes, though it remains unclear whether or not the actual
origins lie in the earlier Middle Paleolithic period (300,000 to 50,000 BP). There is little
known about prehistoric music, with traces mainly limited to some simple flutes and
percussion instruments. However, such evidence indicates that music existed to some extent
in prehistoric societies such as the Xia Dynasty and the Indus Valley civilization. Upon the
development of writing, the music of literate civilizations—ancient music—was present in
the major Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Persian, Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern
societies. It is difficult to make many generalizations about ancient music as a whole, but
from what is known it was often characterized by monophony and improvisations.
• Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_form).
• Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music#:~:text=The%20history
%20of%20music%20covers,times%20to%20the%20present%20day. HYPERLINK
Relation of Music and Musical Instruments in Islam
Introduction
“And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing) to mislead (men) from the
path of Allah…”
• Luqmaan (31:6)
• What is Music?[1]
Music, art concerned with combining vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or
emotional expression, usually according to cultural standards of rhythm, melody, and, in most
Western music, harmony.
SEVEN elements of Music:[2]
• Rhythm
• Melody
• Harmony
• Timbre
• Dynamics
• Texture
• Form.
, • Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music#:~:text=Music%20has%20many
%20different%20fundamentals,articulation%2C%20form%2C%20and%20structure.)
• Kaitlinlove (https://kaitlinbove.com/elements-of-music)
• Forms of Music:[3]
Common forms of music
• Strophic form.
• Medley or "chain" form.
• Binary form.
• Ternary form.
• Rondo form.
• Variational form.
• Sonata-allegro form.
Social View
• Preliminary[4]
The history of music covers the historical development and presence
of music from prehistoric times to the present day. Though definition of music vary wildly
throughout the world, every known culture partakes in it, and music is thus considered
a cultural universal. The origin of music remain highly contentious; commentators often
relate it to the origin of language, with much disagreement surrounding whether music arose
before, after or simultaneously with language. Many theories have been proposed by scholars
from a wide range of disciplines, though none have achieved wide approval. Most cultures
have their own mythical origins concerning the invention of music, generally rooted in their
respective mythological, religious or philosophical beliefs.
The music of prehistoric cultures is first firmly dated to c. 40,000 BP of the Upper
Paleolithic by evidence of bone flutes, though it remains unclear whether or not the actual
origins lie in the earlier Middle Paleolithic period (300,000 to 50,000 BP). There is little
known about prehistoric music, with traces mainly limited to some simple flutes and
percussion instruments. However, such evidence indicates that music existed to some extent
in prehistoric societies such as the Xia Dynasty and the Indus Valley civilization. Upon the
development of writing, the music of literate civilizations—ancient music—was present in
the major Chinese, Egyptian, Greek, Indian, Persian, Mesopotamian and Middle Eastern
societies. It is difficult to make many generalizations about ancient music as a whole, but
from what is known it was often characterized by monophony and improvisations.
• Wikipedia ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_form).
• Wikipedia(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_music#:~:text=The%20history
%20of%20music%20covers,times%20to%20the%20present%20day. HYPERLINK
