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
tik tik dum tik dum dum
Inṣirāf
4/4 · 90–120
tik dum dum dum
Inṣirāf
4/4 · 90–120
dum dum dum
The pieces
Muwassaʿthe broad pace
Zajal · ʿirāq al-ʿarab · taṣdīra
6 recordings2:31Zajal · al-istihlāl
4 recordings8:29Zajal · al-istihlāl
5:17Zajal · al-istihlāl
3 recordings5:44Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
Also inal-Raṣd · BasīṭGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Bṭāyḥīal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Basīṭ
2 recordings5:25- 4 recordings4:27
- 7
Zajal · al-istihlāl
8:34Zajal · al-istihlāl
4 recordings9:48- 3 recordings7:46
Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
4 recordings2:14- 12
Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
Also inal-Iṣbahān · Qāʾim wa-niṣfQāʾim wa-niṣfal-Raṣd · Bṭāyḥī
Mahzūzthe lifted pace
Zajal · al-istihlāl · first qanṭara
3 recordings5:11Qaṣīda · al-istihlāl
Also inDarjGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Bṭāyḥī+4
4 recordings5:13Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
Also inal-Iṣbahān · Bṭāyḥīal-Māya · BṭāyḥīRaṣd al-Dhīl · Bṭāyḥī+7
3 recordings4:48
Inṣirāfthe departure
Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl · second qanṭara
4 recordings3:16Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
4 recordings3:17Tawshīḥ · al-istihlāl
2:35Zajal · al-istihlāl
3 recordings1:46- 4 recordings2:53
Zajal · al-istihlāl
Also inal-Raṣd · QuddāmGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Darjal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Quddām
4 recordings2:07- 22
Zajal · al-istihlāl
Also inQuddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · Quddāmal-Ḥijāz al-Mashriqī · Quddām
Zajal · al-istihlāl
Also inGharībat al-Ḥusayn · Qāʾim wa-niṣfal-Ḥijāz al-Kabīr · BṭāyḥīʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Bṭāyḥī
4 recordings1:11
Other recordings
Radio
Radio, 1960
Tétouan
Radio, 1960s
Al-Brihi
Radio, 1960s
Al-Brihi
Radio, 1960s
Al-Brihi
Recording, 1960s
Radio
Radio, 1971
Tétouan
Soirée, 1976
Al-Brihi
نزاهة, 1976
Tétouan
Soirée, 1980s
Al-Brihi
Recording, 1980s
Tétouan
Soirée, 1986
مجموعة روافد موسيقية
al-ʿAbbādī gatherings, 2018
Debbi
Soirée, June 20, 2025