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Muwashshah "Ya Shadi il-Alhan"

Another classic muwashshah in Rast. Fouad Rashid Khantumani is an amazing but almost completely unknown singer (I bought a few cassette tapes of live performances of his, when I studied in Aleppo). His voice is a bit rough, and the recordings are *terrible* (overdone reverb, etc.), but it's worth the listen because he has so much Tarab in his performances.
See the following analyses: Jins Secondary Rast, Jins Nahawand, Jins Hijaz, Jins Rast, Rast Pathways: Nahawand & 2nd Rast, Rast Pathways: Hijaz

Maqam Rast

Composer: Sayyid Darwish

Performer: Fouad Rashid Khantumani

Muwashshah "Ya Shadi il-Alhan" (complete recording)

(The complete recording starts with Sama3i Rast Tatyus, and also includes an extended layali & mawwal in Maqam Rast, followed by the Dawr "Aslil-Gharam," another recording of which can be found after the recording of Sihtu Wajdan.)

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melody dips below down to 3

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melody variant reaches up to 11

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