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Muwashshah "Sihtu Wajdan"

A very well-known muwashshah in Rast. I very much like this performance by Marie Jubran, and I chose it in part to include her, even though her variant of the middle section is a different version than I discuss in "Maqam Analysis: A Primer."
See the following analyses: Jins Secondary Rast, Jins Rast, Jins Nahawand & Nakriz, Jins Hijazkar, Jins Sikah Family, Jins Rast & Ajam Baggage, Rast Pathways: Nahawand & 2nd Rast, Rast: Other Pathways

Maqam Rast

Composer: Sayyid Darwish

Performer: Marie Jubran

Muwashshah "Sihtu Wajdan" (complete recording)

(The complete recording also includes an extended layali in Maqam Rast, followed by the Dawr "Aslil-Gharam," another recording of which can be found after the recording of Ya Shadi il-Alhan.)

01

melody extends to 9

02

03

04

Melodic emphasis on 3 (sikah)

05

06

2 instances of raised 2nd = "Sazkar"

07

repeat of first melody

08

09

10

melodic emphasis on 3

11

12

raised 2nd = "Sazkar"

13

real tonicization, unlike #5 & #11

14

Sikah with raised 2nd

15

16

other versions use Hijaz 5 (no raised 4)

17

other versions use Sikah 3

18

raised 6 to erase previous flat-6 of Hijaz

19

return to first melody

20

21

22

sikah emphasis

23

24

Sazkar with use of raised 2nd

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