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القائم ونصف

al-ʿUshshāqMizan 2 of five

Qāʾim wa-niṣf

16 pieces · Radio Orchestra, Anthologie al-Āla, 1990 · 1:13:01

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. 1:55
  2. أهْدَى نَسِيمُ الصَّبَاح

    Tawshīḥ · raml al-dhīl · taṣdīra

    Also inal-Istihlāl · Basīṭ

    6:51
  3. بِاللَّهِ يَا نَسِيمَ الصَّبَا

    Tawshīḥ · raml al-dhīl

    3:51
  4. سَلِّي هُمُومَكْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-ʿushshāq

    7:39
  5. بَاكِرْ إلَى شَادِنٍ وَكَاس

    Tawshīḥ · al-ʿushshāq

    Also inal-Māya · BasīṭʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Qāʾim wa-niṣf

    8:06
  6. أدِرْ حُمَيَّا الكَاسْ

    Tawshīḥ · raml al-dhīl

    Also inʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Qāʾim wa-niṣfʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Darj

    5:44
  7. 7:37
  8. 8
  9. أصْبَحْتُ مِنْ أغْنَى الوَرَى

    Qaṣīda · al-ʿushshāq

    4:48
  10. حَبِيبِي بِقَدُّه

    Tawshīḥ · al-ʿushshāq

    Also inal-Quddām al-Jadīd · Quddām

    8:33
  11. قَد جار عَلَيّ

    Zajal · al-ʿushshāq

    2:24
  12. الرَّبِيع أقْبَلْ يَا إنْسَانْ

    Zajal · al-ʿushshāq

    Also inBawākir al-Māya · Quddām

    3:42

Mahzūzthe lifted pace

  1. إذَا تَرَى الصُّبْحَ قَدْ لاحْ

    Tawshīḥ · al-ʿushshāq · first qanṭara

    Also inʿIrāq al-ʿAjam · Qāʾim wa-niṣfBasīṭQuddām+1

    3:27

Inṣirāfthe departure

  1. مَالَتِ الثُّرَيَّا

    Tawshīḥ · al-ʿushshāq · second qanṭara

    Also inal-Raṣd · BṭāyḥīBawākir al-Māya · Quddām

    3:12
  2. Zajal · al-ʿushshāq

    3:39

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