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القائم ونصف

al-IṣbahānMizan 2 of five

Qāʾim wa-niṣf

20 pieces · Tétouan Conservatoire Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:17:09

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

  1. 3:00
  2. ألا يَا رَقِيبِي

    Zajal · al-iṣbahān · taṣdīra

    4:53
  3. 8:47
  4. أنْتَ أحْلَى مِنَ المُنَى

    Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān

    Also inGharībat al-Ḥusayn · BṭāyḥīʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    3:01
  5. وَهَلْ يَطِيب

    Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān

    Also inal-Māya · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    3:24
  6. 6:06
  7. 5:03
  8. 8
    يَا مَنْ لَهْ أحْسَنُ الصِّفَاتِ

    Tawshīḥ · al-zawrakand

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Qāʾim wa-niṣfʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. أَصِف لكْ في الهَوى أَخْبار

    Zajal · al-zawrakand · first qanṭara

    Also inal-Raṣd · BṭāyḥīGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    2:36

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. مَا أحْلَى الرَّحِيقْ

    Zajal · al-iṣbahān · second qanṭara

    2:53
  2. 1:50
  3. 1:30
  4. أسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ يَا حَبِيبِي

    Tawshīḥ · al-iṣbahān

    1:11

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