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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The music of the Middle Eastern (Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) cultural area is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the [[Indian]] tradition).

A central concept is "maqam", which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the ~~western~~ "mode". An introduction to maqam theory can be found on [[http://www.maqamworld.com/|http://www.maqamworld.com]]. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.

A central concept is "maqam", which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the Western "mode". An introduction to maqam theory can be found on [[http://www.maqamworld.com/|http://www.maqamworld.com]]. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.

The use of microtones in Middle Eastern music can be extremely subtle, as is demonstrated in a [[http://shumays.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=177745|podcast]] by Arabic violin player Sami Abu Shumays: by his count, there could be 12 different notes within a half step.

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<div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;width:200%;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html"><html><head><title>Arabic, Turkish, Persian</title></head><body>The music of the Middle Eastern (Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) cultural area is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the <a class="wiki_link" href="/Indian">Indian</a> tradition).<br />

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A central concept is &quot;maqam&quot;, which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the ~~western~~ &quot;mode&quot;. An introduction to maqam theory can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maqamworld.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maqamworld.com</a>. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.<br />

A central concept is &quot;maqam&quot;, which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the Western &quot;mode&quot;. An introduction to maqam theory can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maqamworld.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maqamworld.com</a>. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.<br />

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The use of microtones in Middle Eastern music can be extremely subtle, as is demonstrated in a <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://shumays.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=177745" rel="nofollow">podcast</a> by Arabic violin player Sami Abu Shumays: by his count, there could be 12 different notes within a half step.<br />

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 <div style="width:100%; max-height:400pt; overflow:auto; background-color:#f8f9fa; border: 1px solid #eaecf0; padding:0em"><pre style="margin:0px;border:none;background:none;word-wrap:break-word;white-space: pre-wrap ! important" class="old-revision-html">The music of the Middle Eastern (Arabic, Turkish, and Persian) cultural area is one of the important microtonal music traditions (along with the [[Indian]] tradition).
-A central concept is "maqam", which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the western "mode". An introduction to maqam theory can be found on [[http://www.maqamworld.com/|http://www.maqamworld.com]]. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.
+A central concept is "maqam", which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the Western "mode". An introduction to maqam theory can be found on [[http://www.maqamworld.com/|http://www.maqamworld.com]]. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.
 The use of microtones in Middle Eastern music can be extremely subtle, as is demonstrated in a [[http://shumays.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=177745|podcast]] by Arabic violin player Sami Abu Shumays: by his count, there could be 12 different notes within a half step.
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-A central concept is &amp;quot;maqam&amp;quot;, which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the western &amp;quot;mode&amp;quot;. An introduction to maqam theory can be found on &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maqamworld.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.maqamworld.com&lt;/a&gt;. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.&lt;br /&gt;
+A central concept is &amp;quot;maqam&amp;quot;, which corresponds somewhat (but not exactly) to the Western &amp;quot;mode&amp;quot;. An introduction to maqam theory can be found on &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maqamworld.com/" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.maqamworld.com&lt;/a&gt;. The Arabic maqam and Turkish makam systems differ to some degree from the related Persian system of dastgah.&lt;br /&gt;
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 The use of microtones in Middle Eastern music can be extremely subtle, as is demonstrated in a &lt;a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://shumays.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=177745" rel="nofollow"&gt;podcast&lt;/a&gt; by Arabic violin player Sami Abu Shumays: by his count, there could be 12 different notes within a half step.&lt;br /&gt;