 A Look At Arabic Music Scales, This is very intresting |
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 jeu. 28 août 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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jeu. 15 janv. 2004, 16:37
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Very interesting indeed.
I have been listening to some arabic music lately at a local cafe where the owners have a great CD collection, they are always playing music from their home country and the arabic world.
My question, is - is there a sense of Harmony in arabic music? You mentioned that there are many scales and notes between western notes. I am quite used to hearing singers and musicians play along these scales, but I don't recall hearing much harmonic movement, although perhaps I am not "tuned into it yet."
Curious?
Thanks
jason
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 bandar A Look At Arabic Music Scales jeu. 28 août 2003, 07:10 guitartabbooks Hey,
That was great. Thanks for sharing that.
Ot... mar. 16 sept. 2003, 16:05 bandar unfortunately, arabic music can be recognized as a... jeu. 15 janv. 2004, 16:58 jayzen Hi bandar,
Thanks for your compliment, yes I gues... ven. 16 janv. 2004, 14:24 waleg Hi bandar,
I really like what you wrote on the ar... mar. 30 mars 2004, 16:17 bandar this type of performance is improvised by the tale... mar. 30 mars 2004, 17:00 waleg Hello bandar,
I hope you prepared something to pu... dim. 18 avril 2004, 20:48 alxonline hi everyone!
my name is alx and i'm from ... sam. 24 avril 2004, 22:44  MacFeegle QUOTE (alxonline @ Sat 24 Apr 2004, 16:44... mer. 5 sept. 2007, 08:40 alxonline QUOTE (MacFeegle @ Wed 5 Sep 2007, 07:40... sam. 27 juin 2009, 13:54 Jaysee Hi,
One of the best resources I've ever come ... dim. 25 avril 2004, 17:28 Dimora What a great post!
I've been a huge fan o... jeu. 13 mai 2004, 16:45 Ambeintz yeh,sounds great .
I've heard people use lots... ven. 14 mai 2004, 23:52 younes_uk hi everybody..
arabic music seems great and rich.... dim. 13 juin 2004, 13:58 elle QUOTE (bandar @ Aug 28 2003, 06:10)Hello Mac ... lun. 30 août 2004, 22:32 Presto Thanks for helping us get our musical blinkers pus... dim. 12 sept. 2004, 18:44 Cameron Powers QUOTE (bandar @ Thu 28 Aug 2003, 00:10) H... mar. 4 sept. 2007, 18:46 Thea Hardy I also love Arabic music - years ago, some student... jeu. 6 sept. 2007, 04:53 sabinablack HI all, i am a new member to this forum. I have go... mar. 29 déc. 2009, 11:21
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