Middle-Eastern music

From Xenharmonic Wiki
Revision as of 09:13, 6 August 2007 by Wikispaces>hstraub (**Imported revision 6586779 - Original comment: **)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

IMPORTED REVISION FROM WIKISPACES

This is an imported revision from Wikispaces. The revision metadata is included below for reference:

This revision was by author hstraub and made on 2007-08-06 09:13:59 UTC.
The original revision id was 6586779.
The revision comment was:

The revision contents are below, presented both in the original Wikispaces Wikitext format, and in HTML exactly as Wikispaces rendered it.

Original Wikitext content:

The music of the arabic/turkish/persian cultural area is one of the important microtonal music traditions.

A central concept is the "maqam", which corresponds more or less (but not exactly) to the western "mode". An introduction into maqam theory can be found on [[http://www.maqamworld.com/|http://www.maqamworld.com]].

There have been various endeavours to establish a common tuning standard; but none of these has been really successful (at least not as successful as 12edo in the western music). [[24edo]] has found a certain dissemination, especially in the arabic world; but many consider it a bad compromise.

Original HTML content:

<html><head><title>Arabic, Turkish, Persian</title></head><body>The music of the arabic/turkish/persian cultural area is one of the important microtonal music traditions.<br />
<br />
A central concept is the &quot;maqam&quot;, which corresponds more or less (but not exactly) to the western &quot;mode&quot;. An introduction into maqam theory can be found on <a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.maqamworld.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maqamworld.com</a>.<br />
<br />
There have been various endeavours to establish a common tuning standard; but none of these has been really successful (at least not as successful as 12edo in the western music). <a class="wiki_link" href="/24edo">24edo</a> has found a certain dissemination, especially in the arabic world; but many consider it a bad compromise.</body></html>