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Mawwal Rast "Fein ya gameel wa3dak"

Abul-3ila Mohamed was one of Umm Kulthum's earliest teachers and composers. This very early recording is from the first decade of the 20th century, and it beautifully illustrates the Secondary Saba modulation, much more common at that time than later in the 20th century.
See the following analyses: Jins Rast, Jins Secondary Rast, Jins Secondary Saba, Jins Nahawand, Rast Pathways: Nahawand & 2nd Rast, Rast: Other Pathways

Maqam Rast

Composer & Performer:

Abul-3ila Mohamed

Mawwal Rast "Fein Ya Gameel Wa3dak" (complete recording)

This same recording is also broken down by melodic sentence on the Rast Vocabulary site, on the Abul-3ila Mohamed & Umm Kulthum page (also linked via the tab above).

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02

dips to 7 & 6

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07

dips to 7 & 6

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09

ends on 6

10

flat-9; 6 emphasized but not tonicized

11

resolution to 5 of 2nd Saba 6/8

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phrase end 6

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end on 6

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really just a slide down 8-5

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goes up to 10-9-8

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descends to 4 at phrase end

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descent from 9

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