Middle-Eastern music: Difference between revisions

m Text replacement - "{{todo|Cultural expertise}}" to "{{Todo|cultural expertise}}"
Naren (talk | contribs)
Fix rast.pdf link
Line 48: Line 48:
In equal temperaments, as seen above, there is always a tradeoff between the diverging requirements of high pitch accuracy and a manageable pitch count. One possible way out of this dilemma is use of unequal temperaments. These allow for playing of multiple maqamat with comparatively few notes, though this comes at the cost of being more restricted in the ability to modulate (at least from a fixed Arabic or Turkish perspective) between keys or maqamat.
In equal temperaments, as seen above, there is always a tradeoff between the diverging requirements of high pitch accuracy and a manageable pitch count. One possible way out of this dilemma is use of unequal temperaments. These allow for playing of multiple maqamat with comparatively few notes, though this comes at the cost of being more restricted in the ability to modulate (at least from a fixed Arabic or Turkish perspective) between keys or maqamat.


A paper by [[Erv Wilson]], describing a variety of layouts of Middle Eastern tunings on generalized keyboards, can be found here: [http://anaphoria.com/RAST.PDF http://anaphoria.com/RAST.PDF].
A paper by [[Erv Wilson]], describing a variety of layouts of Middle Eastern tunings on generalized keyboards, can be found here: [https://www.anaphoria.com/rast.pdf https://www.anaphoria.com/rast.pdf].


[[Ozan Yarman]] has developed a number of such temperaments, e.g. Yarman24 (24 notes), [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78631 Yarman29] (29 notes) and [http://www.ozanyarman.com/yarman36.html Yarman36] (36 notes).
[[Ozan Yarman]] has developed a number of such temperaments, e.g. Yarman24 (24 notes), [http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/tuning/message/78631 Yarman29] (29 notes) and [http://www.ozanyarman.com/yarman36.html Yarman36] (36 notes).