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Instrument(s) Bouzouki; Mizmar; N ̄ay; Oud; Qanun; Rig (Musical instrument); Tabla.

Year of Recording 1981.

Record Label Folkways Records.

Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

Credits Produced by Afif Alvarez Bulos ; Design by Ronald Clyne.

101 Traditional Taqsim on the Qanoun n/a 5:24.

102 Taqsim on the ‘Oud-Andalusian Style n/a 7:07.

103 Taqsim on the Nay n/a 3:13.

104 Taqsim on the Buzq n/a 4:13.

105 Ensemble and Percussion – Interplay Between the Instruments n/a 6:46.

106 Percussion on the Rig of some popular rhythmical modes n/a 1:01.

107 The Mizmar leading the ensemble in a group of folk tunes n/a 0:40.

108 Folk Tunes of Lebanon – Ensemble Ala Dalona, Layya, Ya Ghzayyd n/a 8:01.

201 Taqsim on the Qanoun n/a 4:58.

202 Taqism on the ‘Oud n/a 6:09.

203 Lebanese Melodies on the Nay n/a 5:06.

204 Melodies without words played by the Mizmar and Nay with preambles by the Buzq, Qanoun an ‘Oud n/a 3:04.

205 Percussion solos on the tablah n/a 6:07.

206 The Mizmar leading the Ensemble in a group of folk tunes n/a 3:35.