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Arabic Songs and Dances

Khamis El Fino Ali
Arabic Songs and Dances On this 1974 album, Egyptian oud virtuoso and professor Khamis El Fino Ali performs eight love songs. El Fino Ali is famous for perfecting two styles: taksimes and tagheer. Taksimes refers to slow and free rhythm improvisations, and tagheer means changing from one nagham (tone scale) to another. Arabic Songs and Dances was originally released as a two-album set with four songs on each album. Liner notes include Arabic lyrics of each song, along with some English translations.

Track Listing

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Khamis El Fino Ali
03:52
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102
Khamis El Fino Ali
04:06
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103
Khamis El Fino Ali
04:14
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104
Khamis El Fino Ali
05:40
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201
Khamis El Fino Ali
04:00
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202
Khamis El Fino Ali
03:56
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203
Khamis El Fino Ali
05:08
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Khamis El Fino Ali
03:47