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* riqq (tambourine)
 
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* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Turath%20examples/04%20Taqs%eem%20bay%e2t%ee.mp3 taqsim], Instrumental improvisation in maqam bayati, performed on the oud by Gomâa Muhammad Ali
 
* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Turath%20examples/04%20Taqs%eem%20bay%e2t%ee.mp3 taqsim], Instrumental improvisation in maqam bayati, performed on the oud by Gomâa Muhammad Ali
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* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Turath%20examples/01%20Lay%e2l%ee%20wa%20maww%e2l%20(Maq%e2m%20bay%e2t%ee).mp3 layali and mawwal], performed in maqam Bayati, by Ibrahim el-Haggar & Sami Nussair, Cairo (1991). From UNESCO AUVIDIS.<br> Mawwal text: "I try to smile, though my heart weeps. How could I but weep under such tribulations? but I smile to conceal my tears."<br>
 
* [http://www.fwalive.ualberta.ca/~michaelf/MENAME/MAW/Turath%20examples/01%20Lay%e2l%ee%20wa%20maww%e2l%20(Maq%e2m%20bay%e2t%ee).mp3 layali and mawwal], performed in maqam Bayati, by Ibrahim el-Haggar & Sami Nussair, Cairo (1991). From UNESCO AUVIDIS.<br> Mawwal text: "I try to smile, though my heart weeps. How could I but weep under such tribulations? but I smile to conceal my tears."<br>
  

Revision as of 17:43, 29 January 2008

Ensemble: takht

Voices:

  • mutrib or mutriba (vocal soloist)
  • madhhabgiyya (chorus)
  • qanun (plucked zither)
  • nay (reed flute)
  • kamanja (spike fiddle; later violin)
  • riqq (tambourine)

Genres: Instrumental:

  • taqsim, Instrumental improvisation in maqam bayati, performed on the oud by Gomâa Muhammad Ali
  • Sama`i el-Aryan, in maqam Bayati. Note the "rondo" form: a taslim (refrain) in the home maqam alternates with khanat (variable melodic sections), each in a different maqam. The sama`i iqa` (rhythmic cycle) is sama`i thaqil in 10/8, except for the last khana, which is often in triple meter.
  • Bashraf

Vocal:

  • layali and mawwal, performed in maqam Bayati, by Ibrahim el-Haggar & Sami Nussair, Cairo (1991). From UNESCO AUVIDIS.
    Mawwal text: "I try to smile, though my heart weeps. How could I but weep under such tribulations? but I smile to conceal my tears."