Tags: Genre, Music Genre, Topical Concept.
Iraqi Maqam (Arabic: الـمـقـام الـعـراقـي) is at least four hundred year old genre found in Iraq and often considered the most perfect form of maqam. The instrumentation of the ensemble used in the Iraqi Maqam Al-Chalghi al-Baghdadi includes a qari’ (singer) santur (hammered dulcimer) jawza (spike fiddle) tabla or dunbug/dumbeg and sometimes riqq (tambourine) and naqqarat (kettle drums). The focus is on the poem sung in classical Arabic or Iraqi dialect (then called zuhayri).