Arabic Musical Scales - Basic Maqam Teachings (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	G. L. Design
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	March 2006
Authors:	Cameron Powers
Dimensions:	280 x 210 x 5mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	62
ISBN-13:	978-0-9745882-4-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
LSN:	0-9745882-4-5
Barcode:	9780974588247

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