Arabic Music Lyrical Composition Types: Episode 5 (Al Taqtouqa) - ARABIC MUSIC LYRICAL COMPOSITION TYPES : EPISODE 5 (AL-TAQTOUQA)

Lyrical Composition Types 5  : Al-taqtouqa

Kinds of lyrical music composition:

Arabic lyrical music composition varies according to the different melodic building systems and structure

Al-taqtouqa

It is a light song that has a simple melody and easily performed written in Zajal and consists of many parts, the first of which is Al-mathhab and then Al-aghsan. Examples include songs from the Husseini Maqam composed by Sayyed Darwish, and from the Rast Maqam  composed by Dawood Hussaini.