which we read of melodic and rhythmic modes, aesthetics and the physics of sound. The classical music of the Arab world is unified by a system of modes called maqam – analogous to the Indian system of ragas. Each maqam has its individual scales, extra-musical associations, tonal centres, final tones, and formulae for melodies and cadences. ...
European lutes, with their tied or fixed frets, ouds have fretless fingerboards, giving the player the freedom to slide notes and to achieve the microtones of Arabic maqam scales. They generally have six courses of nylon or wound-nylon strings – five double and a single – plucked with a long flexible strip plectrum. The Romanian cobza, a ...
must memorize the characteristic patterns and phrases of the talas in their repertory. Styles & Forms | South Asia | World of Music | Classical Inside the Music | The Maqam | World of Music | Classical ...
sistrum. During the Hellenistic period, instruments such as the aulos were also introduced to Egypt from Greece. Introduction | World of Music | Classical Inside the Music | The Maqam | World of Music | Classical ...
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