Arabic maqam

E530481

Arabic maqam is the traditional system of melodic modes in Arabic music, defining characteristic scales, intervals, and improvisational practices across the Arab world.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Arabic maqam canonical 3
Arabic maqam system 2
Arabic maqam tradition 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf element of Arabic music ⓘ
musical mode system ⓘ
governs cadential patterns ⓘ
intonation of pitches ⓘ
melodic contour ⓘ
permissible modulations ⓘ
hasComponent ajnas ⓘ
characteristic melodic phrases ⓘ
improvisational practice ⓘ
interval structure ⓘ
modulation rules ⓘ
scale ⓘ
tonic ⓘ
hasDomain Arabic music ⓘ
Egyptian music ⓘ
Iraqi music ⓘ
Levantine music ⓘ
Maghrebi music ⓘ
Middle Eastern music ⓘ
North African music ⓘ
hasFunction defining modal identity ⓘ
expressing emotional states ⓘ
guiding improvisation ⓘ
organizing melodic material ⓘ
structuring composition ⓘ
hasHistoricalRoot Abbasid-era music theory ⓘ
medieval Arab theory ⓘ
pre-Islamic Arabian musical practices ⓘ
hasNotableMaqam Maqam Ajam ⓘ
Maqam Bayati ⓘ
Maqam Hijaz ⓘ
Maqam Huzam ⓘ
Maqam Kurd ⓘ
Maqam Nahawand ⓘ
Maqam Nahawand Murassaa ⓘ
linked to: Maqam Nahawand

Maqam Rast ⓘ
Maqam Saba ⓘ
Maqam Sikah ⓘ
hasPedagogicalElement ear training for microtones ⓘ
improvisation training ⓘ
learning ajnas ⓘ
memorizing canonical pieces ⓘ
hasRegionalVariant Egyptian maqam practice ⓘ
Iraqi maqam tradition ⓘ
Levantine maqam practice ⓘ
North African modal practice ⓘ
hasScaleSize typically 7 notes per octave ⓘ
hasTheorist Al-Farabi ⓘ
Al-Kindi ⓘ
Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna

Safiyy al-Din al-Urmawi ⓘ
hasTypicalInstrument buzuq ⓘ
nay ⓘ
oud ⓘ
qanun ⓘ
riq ⓘ
tabla ⓘ
violin ⓘ
voice ⓘ
isRelatedTo Andalusian nuba traditions ⓘ
Byzantine echoi ⓘ
Ottoman makam ⓘ
Persian dastgah ⓘ
isTransmittedBy apprenticeship ⓘ
conservatory education ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ
isUsedInGenre Sufi music ⓘ
muwashshah ⓘ
qasida ⓘ
religious chant ⓘ
taqsim ⓘ
tarab music ⓘ
wasla ⓘ
usesConcept ajnas (singular jins) ⓘ
microtones ⓘ
quarter tones ⓘ
tetrachords ⓘ
trichords ⓘ
usesTuningSystem 24-tone equal division of the octave (theoretical) ⓘ
non-equal microtonal intonation (practical) ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mugham music → relatedTo → Arabic maqam ⓘ
Shashmaqam → relatedTo → Arabic maqam ⓘ
maqam system → influencedBy → Arabic maqam tradition ⓘ
linked to: Arabic maqam
PizmonimCollections → musicalInfluence → Arabic maqam system ⓘ
linked to: Arabic maqam
Nassim Maalouf → inspiredBy → Arabic maqam system ⓘ
linked to: Arabic maqam
Central Asian shashmaqam → relatedTo → Arabic maqam ⓘ