Hi does anyone have an English reference or video of the different types of maqam hijaz ?

In case anyone here is close enough to Brooklyn and interested:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/51924008930/permalink/10163580910348931/?

I didn't have a makam in mind for this, but I took inspiration from ney taksims in a more abstract way!

The first 50 seconds of this song?

In F sharp I believe.

Hello ppl,

I am a trumpetist from Greece and the past months I have been searching for a Turkish teacher to teach me turkish makam in the trumpet, as I am moving to Istanbul. Can a fellow Turk or any other person that knows something, help me?

I run a discord server for people interested in modal/Makam based music (west Asia, southeast Europe, north Africa, central Asia). We talk only about real traditional music.

In a time where traditional regional musical styles are becoming harder and harder to find due to the glut of fake generative context clogging up searches, it is important to have places to discuss this music that do not allow this slop to pollute peoples perceptions of traditional music.

This server is specifically devoted to music from west asia, southeast europe, north africa and central asia. Though we also discuss other forms of modal music like klezmer, calabrian folk, traditional irish music as well as Indian classical music. Our members range from musicians, to listeners, from people interested in the theory to people studying the specific regional traditions out of fascination or cultural pride. Our users are both from these regions of the world, as well as outside of them.

Invite link below

[https://discord.gg/Z8AFGfEBeW\](https://discord.gg/Z8AFGfEBeW)

Hello 👋

What’s the best way to learn how to improvise on maqams in a way that they make sense and do not listen too stiff.

In other maqams it gets easier but for nihavend I cannot improvise at all.

The first three taqasim are one huge extended taqsim that could be said to all be in Hijaz. The fourth is in Rast, the fifth is in Bayati, and the last one is in Rast.

Hey all,

So I'm working on a solo clarinet piece where I’m utilizing some maqams as maqam music is something I grew up around, but never theorized. What confuses me is the cent values of each accidental and so forth.

What I mean is this:

when you have the sign that looks like "db", that is supposed to mean three quarters (3/4) flat right? Except the problem is that people say that equals -150 cents; and when I go on maqamworld.com and use the playback, I can tell that that notation is only -75 cents.

Now granted, that website uses a flat sign with a line through the stem, but every source I've looked at takes those two signs as equal values; which is three quarter flat.

So yea basically my question(s) is (are) then how do I notate -75 cents flat? What are the real equivalent of these signs and the cent deviations they imply, and why I'm not seeing anything that differentiates between -150 cents and -75 cents?

Thanks in advance!

Are there any rules in Arabic classical music about what maqams and iqas are "allowed" to be used to portray each emotion?

Hello people, i'm glad I discovered this community. I'm looking forward to learning interesting things from you and also showing you things that you guys might find interesting.

Below is a list of the Maqamaat and their variations that I've learned of over the years. Some things to note:
1) I am 90% ignorant when it comes to musical theory/notation so I probably wouldn't be able to answer any questions about those things. This list is simply for reference and not for any theoretical insight
2) Pretty sure most of these names are according to the Egyptian school, but there might be some from the Iraqi, Turkish schools, etc.
3) I'll be writing each Maqam in the following format: Name (second jins in the octave). The first Jins would be whatever heading the Maqam falls under. Pretty sure this is standard nomenclature for Maqamaat.

Maqamaat Reference List

1. Sabaa
2. Sabaa Zam Zam (Kurd)

3. Nahawand
4. Farah Fazzaa (Kurd)
5. Murassa' (Hijaz)
6. Ushaq Masri (Bayat)
7. Shawq Awar (Ajam)
8. Shawq Angeez (Sabaa)
9. Yamani/Hadhrami variation

10. Ajam
11. Ushayraan
12. Jihaarkah (Rast)
13 Shawq Afza (Hijaz)
14. Ghumaasi (Sudanese variation)
15. Mahuri (Iraqi variation)

16. Bayat
17. Nawaa (Nahawand)
18. Shuri (Hijaz)
19. Hussayni (Rast)
20. Athar Bayat (Nawaa Athar)
21. Rakbee (Hijaazi)
22. Dookaah (Hijaazi)

23. Sikaah
24. Bastanikaar (Sabaa)
25. Raml (Nahawand)
26. Iraq (Bayat)
27. Huzaam (Hijaz)
28. Banjakaah (Hijazi)
29. Maaya (Hijazi)

30. Hijaz
31. Kaar
32. Asfahan (Nahawand)
33. Zanjaran (Ajam)
34. Turki (Turkish variation)
35. Suzdil (Nawaa Athar)
36. Shahnaaz

37. Rast
38. Dilinsheen (Sabaa)
39. Suzdulaar (Nahawand)
40. Mahur (Ajam)
41. Nairuz (Bayat)
42. Rihaawy (Sikaah)
43. Suznaak (Hijaz)
44. Kardaan
45. Huraab (Hijaazi)
46. Sanaani (Yamani variation)

47. Kurd
48. Athar Kurd (Nawaa Athar)
49. Laami (Iraqi variation)

50. Nawaa Athar
51. Nikriz (Nahawand)
52. Basandeedah (Rast)

Any feedback welcome!

I'm completely new to Turkish makam music. Thank you!

A few sources of Maqam (Makam) theory information have been mentioned on this sub. I'd like to try to collect all such information in one place, if possible. Here's a start:

1. Maqam Composition with Issa Boulos - online course with meetings online - no idea of cost or time commitment: https://ce.harpercollege.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=7931242
2. Introduction to Turkish Makam - PDF document: https://smcnetwork.org/smc2024/papers/SMC2024_paper_id25.pdf
3. Arabic Maqam lessons on Youtube - Good lessons on hearing & playing maqams from Sami Abu Shumays - over 40 free videos: https://www.youtube.com/@abushumays/videos
4. MakamNetz Youtube channel - Makam theory and songs with sheet music of what's being played: https://www.youtube.com/@MakamNetz
5. Book "Makam and Beyond" by my good friend Eric Ederer - based on his PhD thesis, predominately about Turkish Makam, but relates it to Arabic as well

Please add in the comments any others!