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Maqam languages

Common features:

  • monophony, ornamentation of melodies, heterophony in ensembles
  • scales that have "quartertones" (which intonation isn't strictly derived from 24-tone equal temperament)
  • rhythmic and non-rhythmic forms, rhythmic forms having uneven rhythms like 7/4, 9/8, 10/8 etc.
  • transposition (modulation) of a scale up/down a semitone/a tone within a single piece is never used

Languages: