In concise Arabic reading: Nahawand on Nawa (G) with Hijaz on Muhayyar (upper D). In the broader Turkish reading: an independent composite maqam with its final tonic on Ajam Ashiran (low E / E tonic).

Tarz Jadid is a maqam whose description differs across schools. In some modern Arabic references it is read as a branch of the Nahawand family, while classical Turkish theory describes Tarz-ı Cedid as an independent composite maqam ending on Ajam Ashiran (low E / E tonic).

The practical sayr of Tarz Jadid differs according to the school one follows. In the concise Arabic reading, it begins in the field of Nahawand on Nawa (G), then brings out Hijaz on Muhayyar (upper D) in the jawab before returning to the center of repose. In the classical Turkish reading, however, its sayr is descending or descending-ascending: it begins around Nawa (G) with Busalik or Rast there, then passes through a layer of Nahawand or Nev'eser on Rast (C), and finally descends to Ajam Ashiran (low E / E tonic), where the complete cadence takes place through a Jaharkah-type closure on the tonic.

• Nawa (G): the principal degree of strength and the half-cadential center in the Turkish description, and also the upper auditory center in the concise Arabic reading
• Ajam Ashiran (low E / E tonic): the final tonic in classical Turkish theory
• Rast (C) and Dukah (D): important stations of suspension and passage in the middle layers of the maqam
• Muhayyar (upper D): an important upper location in the concise Arabic formulation because it carries the Hijaz of the jawab

• This maqam is one of the places where the disagreement between Arabic and Turkish schools should be stated explicitly
• The common Arabic shorthand reduces it to: Nahawand on Nawa (G) plus Hijaz on Muhayyar (upper D)
• The Turkish school does not treat it as a mere Nahawand branch, but as an independent composite maqam with a specific tonic on Ajam Ashiran
• Establishing Nawa (G) and then descending convincingly to Ajam Ashiran is an essential part of its Ottoman personality
• If it is performed as though it were only a simple Nahawand, its composite identity is lost

• Begin around Nawa (G) and establish the principal degree of strength there
• Show Busalik or Rast on Nawa according to treatment
• Pass through the layer of Rast (C) colored by Nahawand or Nev'eser
• Bring out Hijaz on Muhayyar in the concise Arabic reading when needed
• Descend to Ajam Ashiran (low E / E tonic) for the final closure