Arabic maqam

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Arabic maqam is the traditional system of melodic modes in Arabic music, defining characteristic scales, intervals, and improvisational practices across the Arab world.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Arabic maqam canonical 3
Arabic maqam system 2
Arabic maqam tradition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf element of Arabic music
musical mode system
governs cadential patterns
intonation of pitches
melodic contour
permissible modulations
hasComponent ajnas
characteristic melodic phrases
improvisational practice
interval structure
modulation rules
scale
tonic
hasDomain Arabic music
Egyptian music
Iraqi music
Levantine music
Maghrebi music
Middle Eastern music
North African music
hasFunction defining modal identity
expressing emotional states
guiding improvisation
organizing melodic material
structuring composition
hasHistoricalRoot Abbasid-era music theory
medieval Arab theory
pre-Islamic Arabian musical practices
hasNotableMaqam Maqam Ajam
Maqam Bayati
Maqam Hijaz
Maqam Huzam
Maqam Kurd
Maqam Nahawand
Maqam Nahawand Murassaa
linked to: Maqam Nahawand

Maqam Rast
Maqam Saba
Maqam Sikah
hasPedagogicalElement ear training for microtones
improvisation training
learning ajnas
memorizing canonical pieces
hasRegionalVariant Egyptian maqam practice
Iraqi maqam tradition
Levantine maqam practice
North African modal practice
hasScaleSize typically 7 notes per octave
hasTheorist Al-Farabi
Al-Kindi
Ibn Sina
linked to: Avicenna

Safiyy al-Din al-Urmawi
hasTypicalInstrument buzuq
nay
oud
qanun
riq
tabla
violin
voice
isRelatedTo Andalusian nuba traditions
Byzantine echoi
Ottoman makam
Persian dastgah
isTransmittedBy apprenticeship
conservatory education
oral tradition
isUsedInGenre Sufi music
muwashshah
qasida
religious chant
taqsim
tarab music
wasla
usesConcept ajnas (singular jins)
microtones
quarter tones
tetrachords
trichords
usesTuningSystem 24-tone equal division of the octave (theoretical)
non-equal microtonal intonation (practical)

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mugham music relatedTo Arabic maqam
Shashmaqam relatedTo Arabic maqam
maqam system influencedBy Arabic maqam tradition
linked to: Arabic maqam
PizmonimCollections musicalInfluence Arabic maqam system
linked to: Arabic maqam
Nassim Maalouf inspiredBy Arabic maqam system
linked to: Arabic maqam
Central Asian shashmaqam relatedTo Arabic maqam