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Maqamat
that have ¾ steps in their tetrachords
المقامات الشرقيّه
(These
Maqamat are common in
Arabic Music) |
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Maqam Rast and its Varieties |
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Maqam Rast
Ascending
مقام الراست صعودا |
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 Listen
to the Scale1
Listen
to the Scale2
Listen
to the Scale3
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to a Sample
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Maqam
Rast Descending
مقام الراصت نزولا
Note: In
Morocco, the Rast Maqam is known by the name
Istihlaal إستهلال,
and in Tunis it’s called
Rast El-Theel راصت الذيل
If the Rast
Maqam is played one tetrachord below its Tonic, its called Rahawi رالرهاوي
in Turkey
If Rast is
played an Octave higher than its regular Tonic, then it’s called Rast
Kardaan
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to the Scale4
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Another variety
of Rast El-Theel(A
variety of Rast)
راصت الذيل
Note:
This Maqam is used in North Africa and the fourth note alternates
between natural and sharp. |
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to the Scale
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to a Sample
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Maqam Suznak(A
variety of Rast)
مقام سوزناك |
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to the Scale
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to a Sample
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Maqam Neirooz(A
variety of Rast)
مقام نيروز |
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Listen
to the Scale
Muwashah Sample
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Maqam
Dernisheen(A variety of Rast)
مقام الدرنيشين
Note: Maqam
Dernisheen differs from Rast by having a
Saba
Tetrachord on A |
Listen
to the Scale
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to a Sample
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Note
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If we transpose
Neirooz to the Tonic of G, then we have a Rast tetrachord on
G and a Bayati tetrachord on D. This new Maqam is called Muheiar
Iraq in Tunis, and Iraq
in Algeria and there is no difference between them other than the
note below the tonic, where it’s natural in Algeria and sharp in
Tunis |
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Maqam
Rast Al-Mayah
مقام راصت المايّه
Note: This
Maqam is used mainly in North Africa, The Notes E and B are avoided when
descending the scale (prominence of a Maqam called Al-Mazmoom) |
Listen
to the Scale
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to a Sample
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