Iqa‘ Malfuf (also called Laff) is primarily used in folk and popular Arabic music. If feels short and cyclical, and often modulates to and from other 2/4 iqa‘at like Karachi and Fox. Alternatively 2 consecutive measures of Malfuf could modulate to one measure of a 4/4 iqa‘ like Baladi or Maqsum.
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