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

 

 

 

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