al-IṣbahānMizan 1 of five
Basīṭ
32 pieces · Tétouan Conservatoire Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:15:35
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
6/4 · 60–120
dum dum tik tik dum
Inṣirāf
3/4 · 90–130
tik tik dum
The pieces
Muwassaʿthe broad pace
Bughya
5 recordings2:28Tūshiya
2 recordings1:09Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān · taṣdīra
2 recordings10:13Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān · in praise of the Prophet
3 recordings7:43Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
Also inal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Quddāmal-Quddām al-Jadīd · Quddām
2 recordings7:28- 6
Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
- 3 recordings13:15
Mahzūzthe lifted pace
Zajal · al-iṣbahān · first qanṭara
Also inal-Māya · DarjRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Istihlāl · Basīṭ+5
3:21
Inṣirāfthe departure
Qaṣīda · al-iṣbahān · second qanṭara
Also inRaṣd al-Dhīl · Quddāmal-Raṣd · DarjGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Darj+2
3 recordings6:29Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
Also inal-Istihlāl · QuddāmGharībat al-Ḥusayn · BasīṭʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Quddām
3 recordings9:25Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
4 recordings6:44Zajal · al-iṣbahān
Also inal-Raṣd · BasīṭGharībat al-Ḥusayn · BasīṭʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Basīṭ
4 recordings3:41- 4 recordings1:53
Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
Also inal-Māya · Darjal-Raṣd · Darjal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Basīṭ
3 recordings0:45Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān
4 recordings0:56