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Wahda w-Nuss
Also known as: Wahda wi Nuss
dum tak rest
Origin
Egypt / Levant
Where you hear it
Literally “one and a half.” It is a syncopated relative of Maqsum in which the first tak is delayed, giving it a more suspended and elegant quality. It became particularly important in mid-20th-century tarab music.
Dance
Styles danced to it
- Classical Raqs Sharqi
- Golden Era
- Tarab interpretation
- Lebanese Oriental