Mukhammas 16|4
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mukhammas16/4 = 8 + 4 + 4
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D---D---D--T--T-T---T-T-D--T--T-| midi
D-tkD-tkD-kT-kT-T---T-T-D-kT-kT-| midi
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Hamsa means 5 in Arabic and the word mukhammas means ‘fivefold’ or ‘pentagonal’. However this is not a rhythm based on fives. Mukhammas can also refer to a type of Persian poetry with Sufi connections based on a pentameter, so it is possible that this rhythm was used to accompany such poetry.
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