Browsing through the site sama3y.net I came across mention of a maqam which I think transliterates roughly as "bashayer"
(بشاير ), and the scale seems to consist of a Rast tetrachord on C followed by a Kurd tetrachord on G:
I've never heard of this before, and can't find a mention of it anywhere else. Can someone shed some light on this? Is it specific to a particular
region? (e.g. Maghreb)
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