The Aghar Aqsaq rhythm is under construction...

Aqsaq means Limping in Turkish, Turki means Turkish in Arabic.

Sinkin Samai rhythm is very popular in Iraq.

Samai is a Turkish word (from Saz Semai).

Form 1 6 8

Form 2 (single dum) 6 8

Form 1 ornamentation 6 8

Form 1 ornamentation 6 8

Recording Samples using Form 1:

	Muwashah Ahwa Al Ghazal Al Rabrabi in maqam Hijaz.
	Muwashah Ila Kam Dhat t-Tamadi in maqam Bayati.
	Muwashah Qum Ya Nadim in maqam Nahawand (by Omar El Batch).
	Muwashah Unqu Al Malih Al Ghali in maqam Hijaz.
	Muwashah Qad Hala Shurbu Al Mudam in maqam Rahat El Arwah.

Recording Samples using Form 2:

	Muwashah Ah Kallili Ya Suhbu in maqam Jiharkah (by Muhammad Uthman).
	Muwashah Billadhi Askara in maqam Bayati.
	Muwashah Ya Ghusna Naqa in maqam Huzam.
	Muwashah Ya Mimati in maqam Rahat El Arwah.

Yûrûk in Turkish means small, Samai is a Turkish word (from Saz Semai). Yuruk is an extremely popular rhythm for Muwashahat.

Other Names: Ugrug, Yugrug or Aqraq, and Darij (means common in Arabic).

See Also: Samai Ta'er, Darij

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Recording Samples:

		Muwashah Sihtu Wajdan in maqam Rast (by Sayyed Darwish).
		Muwashah Jalla Man Qad Sawwarak in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Jadaka Al Ghaithu in maqam Bayati.

Dawr means Cycle or Turn in Arabic, and Hindi means Indian. Dawr Hindi is very popular rhythm for Muwashahat.

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Recording Samples:

		Muwashah Jalla Man Qad Saghaka Badran in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Hibbi Zurni Ma Tayassar in Hijaz Kar Kurd (by Darwish El Hariri).
		Muwashah Ijmaau Bil Qurbi Shamli in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Ya Hilalan Ghaba Aanni in maqam Rast.
		Muwashah Badru Timmen Haza Husnan in maqam Hijaz (by Kamel El Khulaai).
		Muwashah Hati Ya Habibi in maqam Hijaz (by Kamel El Khulaai).

Nawakht is a very popular Muwashah rhythm. Nawakht should not be confused with Dawr Hindi (7/8 and usually played much faster).

Starting Note: Many Nawakht pieces start from the 3rd note (e.g. the first 3 recording samples).

See Also: Dawr Hindi

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Recording Samples:

		Muwashah Zarani l-Mahboub in maqam Hijaz Kar.
		Muwashah Ya Shadi l-Alhan in maqam Rast (by Sayyed Darwish).
		Muwashah Kullama Rumtu Irtishafan in maqam Rast (by Sayyed Darwish).
		Muwashah Ya Fatin Al Ghuzlan in maqam Hijaz.

Masmudi Kabir is also commonly called Masmudi (the word Kabir means Large or Big in Arabic).

When played much faster, this rhythm becomes Masmudi Saghir.

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Kata Kufti is not a very common rhythm.

Kata Kufti means Rice and Meat in Persian.

Aqsaq is a Turkish word that means Limping (probably because its has an odd time signature, and one extra beat from an 8/8).

Many Aqsaq pieces start from the 3rd note (e.g. Muwashah Ma Htiyali).

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Nim Rawan is not a very common rhythm

Nim means Half in Persian, Rawan means Color.

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ornamentation

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Recording Samples:

		Muwashah Mala Al Kasat in maqam Rast (by Muhammad Uthman).
		Muwashah Imla Li Al Aqdah Sirfan in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Rashiq Al Qadd in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Tarraza Ar-Rayhanu in maqam Bayati.
		Muwashah Talaffata Adh-Dhabiyu in maqam Bayati Shuri.
		Muwashah Ahwa Qamaran in maqam Saba.
		Muwashah Aatini Bikra Ad-Dinan in maqam Nahawand (by Kamel Al Khulaai).

Samai Thaqil (also called Samai for short) is a very popular Muwashah rhythm. It is also well known outside the Muwashah form because it is primarily used with the Samai instrumental form. The word Samai is Turkish (from Saz Semai). The word Thaqil means heavy in Arabic.

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