title: Longa (Middle Eastern music)
text: # Longa (Middle Eastern music)
  
  A longa (Arabic: لونجا) is a Turkish / Eastern European dance, that was later introduced into 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 Riad in Nahawand scale (لونجا نهاوند) which is composed by the Egyptian composer Riad Al Sunbati in the maqam Nahawand.
  
  