Medium tempo Arab song using saidi rhythm with 4 beat malfuf fill. In concert D Bayati with an E slightly more than half flat. For Bflat instruments the makam is E Bayati with an F slightly more than half natural from the F sharp.
Arab medium speed song in D bayati, with E flat microtone. The E is 3 coma flat, slightly more that 50% flat. The music is notated as an E full flat. Saidi rhythm and malfuf fill with break.
Made famous by the singer Fairuz. This arrangement, scored by Melissa Murphey, is from a Turkish recording and involves exciting breaks and rhythm changes from saidi to malfuf. Can be heard on the forthcoming release by Ishtar called BellyRock. www.ishtar-music.com
**FOR VIOLIN AND FLUTE** Made famous by the singer Fairuz. This arrangement, scored by Melissa Murphey, is from a Turkish recording and involves exciting breaks and rhythm changes from saidi to malfuf. Can be heard on the forthcoming release by Ishtar called BellyRock. www.ishtar-music.com
In D hicazkar, using bolero rhythm. From the CD: Simplified Middle Eastern Songs for Learning and Practice, Volume 1, by Melissa Murphey and Carmine T. Guida.