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> A Look At Arabic Music Scales, This is very intresting
bandar
post Thu 28 Aug 2003, 07:10
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Hello Mac Musicians.... :-)

I am a new member and this is my first post...

I am a music composer from Saudi Arabia (I have nothing to do with terrorism or politics) and i came to find that most musicians in the western world do not have a good idea about the richness of arabic music...

I am so much in favor of arabic music, because it is very rich in term of scales and styles... as i studied music, i came to find out that western music has two main scales (major and minor) and few other sub scales (as harmonic and jazz and few others i do not recall). On the other hand, Arabic music has over 8 main scales, and a total of 99 (main and sub) scales... not to forget that a new scale was invented (and certified) three years ago, taking the number to a total of one-hundred scales.

Western music is based on the (half tone distance), Arabic music is based on the (quarter tone distance) meaning that between every two notes (next to each other like C and C#) in the western scale, there is an extra note in the arabian scale...( which is C "half sharp" )

One other great thing is that the two main western scales (Major and Minor) are among the eight main scales of arabian music, fitting perfectly with the other ones, and named AJAM for Major and NAHAWAND for Minor...

One good website explaining Arabic scales is : http://www.maqamworld.com/

the word MAQAM is the arabic word for Scale (or Key signature).

this website is listing 40 of the 100 scales with MIDI and Notation samples and i think it is a very good resource for learning about Arabic Music...

Let me know what you guys think......

Enjoy,
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Ambeintz
post Fri 14 May 2004, 23:52
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yeh,sounds great smile.gif .
I've heard people use lots of reverb on pianos playing arabic scales,which works very well,as an accomp. for lots of diferent styles of music.
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- bandar   A Look At Arabic Music Scales   Thu 28 Aug 2003, 07:10
- - guitartabbooks   Hey, That was great. Thanks for sharing that. Ot...   Tue 16 Sep 2003, 16:05
- - jayzen   Very interesting indeed. I have been listening to...   Thu 15 Jan 2004, 16:37
- - bandar   unfortunately, arabic music can be recognized as a...   Thu 15 Jan 2004, 16:58
- - jayzen   Hi bandar, Thanks for your compliment, yes I gues...   Fri 16 Jan 2004, 14:24
- - waleg   Hi bandar, I really like what you wrote on the ar...   Tue 30 Mar 2004, 16:17
- - bandar   this type of performance is improvised by the tale...   Tue 30 Mar 2004, 17:00
- - waleg   Hello bandar, I hope you prepared something to pu...   Sun 18 Apr 2004, 20:48
- - alxonline   hi everyone! my name is alx and i'm from ...   Sat 24 Apr 2004, 22:44
|- - MacFeegle   QUOTE (alxonline @ Sat 24 Apr 2004, 16:44...   Wed 5 Sep 2007, 08:40
|- - alxonline   QUOTE (MacFeegle @ Wed 5 Sep 2007, 07:40...   Sat 27 Jun 2009, 13:54
- - Jaysee   Hi, One of the best resources I've ever come ...   Sun 25 Apr 2004, 17:28
- - Dimora   What a great post! I've been a huge fan o...   Thu 13 May 2004, 16:45
- - younes_uk   hi everybody.. arabic music seems great and rich....   Sun 13 Jun 2004, 13:58
- - elle   QUOTE (bandar @ Aug 28 2003, 06:10)Hello Mac ...   Mon 30 Aug 2004, 22:32
- - Presto   Thanks for helping us get our musical blinkers pus...   Sun 12 Sep 2004, 18:44
- - Cameron Powers   QUOTE (bandar @ Thu 28 Aug 2003, 00:10) H...   Tue 4 Sep 2007, 18:46
- - Thea Hardy   I also love Arabic music - years ago, some student...   Thu 6 Sep 2007, 04:53
- - sabinablack   HI all, i am a new member to this forum. I have go...   Tue 29 Dec 2009, 11:21


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