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Maqam Lessons تَحْليلُ المَقام

Analyses›Nura Nura

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Nura Nura

One of the all-time greatest hits of Arabic music, along with "Ghannili Shwayya." Farid's mawwal in the middle is very typical of his mawawil in Bayati--mostly emphasizing Jins Rast 4. This is a great piece for students, illustrating the very basics of Maqam Bayati.

See the following analyses: Jins Bayati, Jins Nahawand, Jins Rast, Jins Rast Baggage, Bayati Pathways: Nahawand, Bayati Pathways: Rast

Maqam Bayati

Composer & Performer:

Farid el-Atrash

Nura Nura (complete recording)

Original clip-by-clip analysis · 24 clips

01

02

Actually Rast; "Husseini" refers to emphasis on 5--here lower octave

03

including the ascending notes underneath tonic

04

Again, actually Rast 4, but melody stops on 5

05

no longer parsing out Husseini Lazima

06

could also call "Husseini/Nahawand"--emphasis on 5

07

lazima

08

09

ending + chorus, not parsing out lazima (=02 & 04)

10

not parsing out bayati lazima (like 07)

11

12

"Husseini" Nahawand/ not parsing out bayati lawazim

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15

includes start of wahda for mawwal

16

majority of mawwal in Rast 4 (typical for Farid)

17

18

mawwal ends

19

final verse; equivalent to 12-15

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+ start of final chorus

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