Music Theory/Arabic

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Arabic music is traditional music played in what is now called the Arab world. It shares a lot of things with persian music, turkish music, and other music traditions in the area.

One of the most important properties of Arabic music is the use of maqams. Maqam is the equivalent of a scale in the Western music. In arabic music there's 9 main types of maqams