Longa (Middle Eastern music)
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A longa (Arabic: لونجا) is a genre in Turkish music that was adapted from the Gypsy music of Eastern Europe in the late 1800s. It was later adopted in Arabic music and is often performed at the end of a muwashshah.
It generally uses an iqa' equivalent to 2/4, with several sections called khanat (singular khana), each followed by a taslim (refrain). The last khana is generally in 3/4.
A common form of longa is longa Nahawand (لونجا نهاوند), in the maqam Nahawand.
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