markus
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Dear all
In his comment on Mustafa said playing Michael Moussa`s oud, the Nile Pirate laughingly mentioned that Michael was acting as Mustafa`s metaibati
saying Ahsant Ahsant ya darsh!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=de2Aw42oifQ&feature=player_detai...
which I did not understand, I googled the word metaibati with no result available
can anybody help with that
The Greco- egyptian
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Al metaibati is a person who over expresses loudly its praises, like Allah , ya Salam , gamil etc... It also refers to some people "planted" in the
audience by the artist to drive the mood of the audience and trigger praises. The comment of Nile Pirate is a criticism to Michael Moussa.
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Hoppa !! somebody may be in trouble there- I would like to assure to Mr Alami and all that I did not mean any criticism to Michael. To me and many
young oudists Michael Moussa is the icon and the Godfather not only because of his contribution as a musicologist, a unique luthier and an authority
in the history of arab/coptic music but because he has set the example to many of what honesty, self denial, caring, genorosity and commitment
mean-
The clip was very amusing the oud sounded old, mustafa played old and Michael played well the role of old metaibati- only tarboush and turkisk
moustaches were missing!!
Back to Markus, You may be Greco-Egyptian but still not Egyptian enough to grasp metaibati!! Google it as
مطيباتي and you will get loads
Metaibati was a common practice across the whole range of performances from reciting quran to singing
مطيباتي could be a loyal fan of the artist or informal band member-
The old recordings of big names like Umkolthom, Abdul wahab, Mouneera Almahdia were full of metaibati chantings. Some were very funny and colourful
but commonly word of praise were used as Alami highlighted
Nowadays metaibati role has almost disappeared from public performances but in private sittings it is still there in a nice subtle way !!!
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markus
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Thanks Alami and Pirate for your comprehensive responses- I now quite understand what metaibati means which could explain something unique to old Arab
recordings when all of a sudden somebody would interrupt the singer or player saying few verses followed by clapping or chanting from audience.
Re Michael Moussa, I think you are al right pirate- I have been in touch and got the loudest laughter ever from Michael- he finds the whole matter
over-hilarious. He is happy to be called Mikhail effendi el metaibati instead of Abu Mina offering competitive service as metaibati for recordings or
live performances.
I am desperate to have clips, articles recording even personal private ones to highlight this phenomenon
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Quote: Originally posted by markus  | Thanks Alami and Pirate for your comprehensive responses- I now quite understand what metaibati means which could explain something unique to old Arab
recordings when all of a sudden somebody would interrupt the singer or player saying few verses followed by clapping or chanting from audience.
Re Michael Moussa, I think you are al right pirate- I have been in touch and got the loudest laughter ever from Michael- he finds the whole matter
over-hilarious. He is happy to be called Mikhail effendi el metaibati instead of Abu Mina offering competitive service as metaibati for recordings or
live performances.
I am desperate to have clips, articles recording even personal private ones to highlight this phenomenon
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Did not mean to judge your intentions on a personal level it was a general talk, probably my perception as Lebanese is different from the Egyptian
one, for me the metaibati kind of "works" for the artist or might be invited for free against some "Tatyib" and on larger concerts the artist can
bring many and spread them among the audience, we call them "Za'ifeh" the clappers.
but am curios to know if you could also use this word in Egypt in a negative sens.
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THE GUY FROM THE PAST
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metaibati
kalemera Greco-Egyptian
Here is the second time Michael Moussa is caught in the act as a real metaibati but this time for Adel salmeh!!!Seemingly he is helpless about it
and it comes out of him in a genuine spontaneous way which fuels up the tarab and sultana - this lovely rosewood abdu nahat replica has found a safe
home in Wienna the world capital of music!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frIYDvWVQX0
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markus
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Shokran gazeelan ya Guy- I could Greco-Egyptian, but still quite ibn balad- thanks for the link, it is quite amusing.
now I have learnt 4 metaibati verses:
ya salam alaik ya adel we ala halawtak
ahsanat ahsant ya darsh
gameel ya darsh
kaman
I will start using them but nobody can compete with Michael who deserves the title of Mikhail Effendi ALmetaibati
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I know Michael and he is genuinely spontaneous - we all need to release our inner metaibati 
Leon
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