Arab music scales, rythms, melodies, tecnique, instruments and artists
An online encyclopedia dedicated to Arab music: sheets, scales, rythms, melodies, tecnique, instruments and artists: Maqam World
Rythms: alphabetical order
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Rythms by timing
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Maqam* list
Lista alfabetica
Lista per jins
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Ajam
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Ajam, Jiharkah, Shawq Afza |
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Sikah
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Bastanikar, Huzam, Iraq, Mustaar, Rahat El Arwah, Sikah, Sikah Baladi |
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Bayati
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Bayati, Bayati Shuri, Husseini |
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Nahawand
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Farahfaza, Nahawand, Nahawand Murassah, Ushaq Masri |
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Rast
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Mahur, Nairuz, Rast, Suznak, Yakah |
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Hijaz
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Hijaz, Hijaz Kar, Shadd Araban, Shahnaz, Suzidil, Zanjaran |
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Saba
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Saba, Saba Zamzam |
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Kurd
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Kurd, Hijaz Kar Kurd |
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Nawa
Athar |
Athar Kurd, Nawa Athar, Nikriz |
Lista per nota iniziale
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C
(Do) |
Rast, Suznak, Nairuz, Mahur, Hijaz Kar, Nahawand, Nahawand Murassah, Nawa Athar, Nikriz, Hijaz Kar Kurd, Athar Kurd |
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D
(Re) |
Bayati, Bayati Shuri, Husseini, Hijaz, Zanjaran, Ushaq Masri, Shahnaz, Saba, Saba Zamzam, Kurd |
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E
 (Mi ) |
Sikah, Huzam, Mustaar |
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F
(Fa) |
Jiharkah |
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G
(Sol) |
Farahfaza, Shadd Araban, Sikah Baladi, Yakah |
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A
(La) |
Suzidil |
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B
 (Si ) |
Ajam, Shawq Afza |
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B
(Si ) |
Rahat El Arwah, Iraq, Bastanikar |
* da www.maqamworld.com
In Arabic music, a maqam (plural maqamat) is a set of notes with traditions that define relationships between them, habitual patterns, and their melodic development. Maqamat are best defined and understood in the context of the rich Arabic music repertoire. The nearest equivalent in Western classical music would be a mode (e.g. Major, Minor, etc.)
The Arabic scales which maqamat are built from are not even-tempered, unlike the chromatic scale used in Western classical music. Instead, 5th notes are tuned based on the 3rd harmonic. The tuning of the remaining notes entirely depends on the maqam. The reasons for this tuning are probably historically based on string instruments like the oud. A side effect of not having even-tempered tuning is that the same note (by name) may have a slightly different pitch depending on which maqam it is played in.