A wasla (Arabic: وَصْلَة / ALA-LC: waṣlah; plural وَصَلَات / waṣalāt) is a set of pieces in Arabic music. It comprises eight or more movements such as muwashshah, taqsim, layali, mawwal, qasida, dawr, sama'i, bashraf, dulab, and popular songs.[1]

The term is also used to refer to a segment of Sufi music.[1]

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  1. ^ a b Danielson, The Voice of Egypt: Umm Kulthūm, Arabic song, and Egyptian Society in the Twentieth Century, 146.

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