Iqa‘ Malfuf 2/4

(also called Laff)

Iqa‘ Index

Iqa‘ Malfuf (also called Laff) is primarily used in folk and popular Arabic music. If feels short and cyclical, and often modulates to and from other 2/4 iqa‘at like Karachi and Fox. Alternatively 2 consecutive measures of Malfuf could modulate to one measure of a 4/4 iqa‘ like Baladi or Maqsum.