Musical Forms
Musical Forms
In general terms, Arabic Musical Forms (genres) can be categorized into the following:
Improvised Singing
Improvised Music
Musical
Composition
Nawbah in Arab North Africa
Wasla in the Arab Middle East
Fasil in Turkish Music
Shish Maqam in the Central Asian Republics
Muwashahat (plural of Muwashah)
Bashraf
Samaii
Tahmilah
Longa
Adwaar and Qudood (plurals of Dour and Qudd)
Modern musical forms
For Demonstrational purposes:
Please click here to view a sample of one of the topics shown above, its the Samaii Form