Arabic Musical Scales: Basic Maqam Notation: Basic Maqam Teachings

by Cameron Powers

Musicians desiring to play the Dance music, the Sacred music or the Folk music of the Arab and Turkish worlds must study these scales. Discover the musical basis for the incredibly rich emotions associated with Middle Eastern music. Forty-Five Arabic Musical Scales are taught in this book. Many scales include "quartertone" intervals. From Cairo to Tunisia, Damascus to Baghdad, Beirut to Aleppo and as far west as Istanbul and even into Greece, musicians know these scales. Long missing from Western musical training, this book now makes these ancient scales available.

68 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

Reviews

[Ameliedanjou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very helpful for a western trained musician trying to learn alternate middle-eastern scales. Best with accompanying cds to hear the microtones, like e half-flat.