Maqam Lessons تَحْليلُ المَقام
AnalysesYa Maal ish-Sham

Ya Maal ish-Sham

One of the all-time classics from the Syrian song repertory. I chose this performance, by the Egyptian Sha3abi singer Fatma Sirhan, because it's an unusual choice (and everyone's heard Sabah Fakhri perform it a million times). Her voice grows on you, and of course the ensemble is very catchy and funky in that modern Egyptian belly-dance band way.
See the following analyses: Jins Secondary Rast, Jins Nahawand, Jins Rast, Jins Secondary Saba, Jins Jiharkah, Rast Pathways: Nahawand & 2nd Rast, Rast: Other Pathways

Maqam Rast

Traditional

Performer: Fatma Sirhan

Ya Maal ish-Sham Part 1

Ya Maal ish-Sham Part 2

(The recording is broken up into two parts because it's interrupted by a mawwal I haven't included here.)

Original clip-by-clip analysis · 48 clips