al-Ḥijāz al-KabīrMizan 2 of five
Qāʾim wa-niṣf
25 pieces · Al-Brihi Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:10:22
The rhythm
One turn of the cycle at each pace, read clockwise from the top. The red seal is the dum, the ring the tik.
Muwassaʿ · Mahzūz
8/4 · 60–120
dum tik dum dum tik tik tik
Inṣirāf
4/4 · 100–130
dum dum dum
The pieces
Muwassaʿthe broad pace
Tūshiya
4 recordings3:05Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr · taṣdīra
Also inal-Māya · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Quddāmal-Raṣd · Basīṭ+1
5 recordings4:43Qaṣīda · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
4 recordings4:56Tawshīḥ · al-ḥiṣār
2 recordings2:59Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
Also inal-Māya · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Darjal-Istihlāl · Quddām+1
4 recordings3:41Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
5:21- 5 recordings7:40
Qaṣīda · al-ṣīka · takhlīla
4 recordings1:25- 3 recordings2:46
Zajal · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
Also inal-Iṣbahān · DarjRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣf+5
3 recordings4:33Zajal · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
Also inal-Iṣbahān · Bṭāyḥīal-Raṣd · BṭāyḥīGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Basīṭ
2 recordings5:35Zajal · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Basīṭal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Quddām
3 recordings3:53Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
2 recordings4:45- 3 recordings3:34
Mahzūzthe lifted pace
Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr · first qanṭara
Also inal-Raṣd · Qāʾim wa-niṣf
3 recordings4:33
Inṣirāfthe departure
Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr · second qanṭara
Also inal-Iṣbahān · Basīṭal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Quddāmal-Quddām al-Jadīd · Quddām
4 recordings2:23Zajal · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
Also inal-Iṣbahān · Qāʾim wa-niṣfRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣf+5
4 recordings2:20Tawshīḥ · al-ḥijāz al-kabīr
4 recordings0:43
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