Longa (Middle Eastern music)

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A longa (

Arabic: لونجا) is a Turkish / Eastern European dance, that was later introduced into Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah
.

It generally uses an

). The last khana is generally in 3/4.

A common form of longa is longa Riad in Nahawand scale (لونجا نهاوند) which is composed by the Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati in the maqam Nahawand.

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