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Saba (music)
Saba ( ar, صبا, tr, Saba or tr, Sabâ, label=none, tk, sabah) is a kind of musical scale used in both Arabic music and Turkish classical music. This article covers both the Arabic jins and maqam called "Saba" as well as the similar Turkish makam of the same name. In either tradition, the first three steps above the tonic of Saba are all rather small, so that the fourth pitch is noticeably less than a perfect fourth above the tonic. This distinguishes it from most other scales. Saba is often associated with troubled, distressed, or yearning emotions. Etymology Saba ( ar, صبا) is an Arabic word that means "yearning" and also refers to a type of wind, specifically "East Wind." It has been translated as "zephyr" or "early morning breeze." In Turkish, tr, sabah, label=none means "morning," and the morning ''adhan'' is often sung in makam Saba. It is possible the connection with the Turkish word for morning is simply folk etymology and the name of the scale comes from Arabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jins Bayati
A jins ( ar, جنس, pl. ar, أجناس, ajnās, label=none) in traditional Arabic music theory, is a set of three, four, or five stepwise pitches used to build an Arabic ''maqam'', or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord, tetrachord, and pentachord. A ''maqam'' is made up of two or more ''ajnas''. Etymology The Arabic word () probably derives from the Greek word grc, γένος, label=none () or else from the related Latin word , either way from the same Proto-Indo-European root. The basic meaning is that of a kind, family, or race. The same Arabic word is also used to mean genus in biology, and gender. Meaning of a jins Traditional music theory texts tend to describe a jins as a concrete set of pitches (in many cases a set of exactly four pitches, i.e. a tetrachord), and they are often quick to give mathematically precise intervals for the ideal version of each jins. Their authors were probably influenced by the writings of ancient Greek music theoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modes (music)
In music theory, the term mode or ''modus'' is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Its most common use may be described as a type of musical scale coupled with a set of characteristic melodic and harmonic behaviors. It is applied to major and minor keys as well as the seven diatonic modes (including the former as Ionian and Aeolian) which are defined by their starting note or tonic. (Olivier Messiaen's modes of limited transposition are strictly a scale type.) Related to the diatonic modes are the eight church modes or Gregorian modes, in which authentic and plagal forms of scales are distinguished by ambitus and tenor or reciting tone. Although both diatonic and gregorian modes borrow terminology from ancient Greece, the Greek ''tonoi'' do not otherwise resemble their mediaeval/modern counterparts. In the Middle Ages the term modus was used to describe both intervals and rhythm. Modal rhythm was an essential feature of the modal notation system of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makam Saba
The Turkish makam (Turkish language, Turkish: ''makam'' pl. ''makamlar''; from the Arabic language, Arabic word ) is a system of melody types used in Turkish classical music and Turkish folk music. It provides a complex set of rules for composing and performance. Each makam specifies a unique Musical tuning, intervalic structure (''cinsler'' meaning genus (music), genera) and melodic development (''seyir''). Whether a fixed composition (''beste'', ''şarkı'', ''peşrev'', ''âyin'', etc.) or a spontaneous composition (''gazel'', ''taksim'', recitation of ''Kuran-ı Kerim'', ''Mevlid'', etc.), all attempt to follow the melody type. The rhythmic counterpart of makam in Turkish music is Usul (music), usul. Comparison in use in Turkish classical to folk music Turkish Classical Music and Turkish Folk Music are both based on modal systems. Makam is the name of the scale in classical music, while Ayak is the name of the scale in folk music. Makam and Ayak are similar; following are som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jins Nikriz
A jins ( ar, جنس, pl. ar, أجناس, ajnās, label=none) in traditional Arabic music theory, is a set of three, four, or five stepwise pitches used to build an Arabic ''maqam'', or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord, tetrachord, and pentachord. A ''maqam'' is made up of two or more ''ajnas''. Etymology The Arabic word () probably derives from the Greek word grc, γένος, label=none () or else from the related Latin word , either way from the same Proto-Indo-European root. The basic meaning is that of a kind, family, or race. The same Arabic word is also used to mean genus in biology, and gender. Meaning of a jins Traditional music theory texts tend to describe a jins as a concrete set of pitches (in many cases a set of exactly four pitches, i.e. a tetrachord), and they are often quick to give mathematically precise intervals for the ideal version of each jins. Their authors were probably influenced by the writings of ancient Greek music theoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jins 'Ajam
A jins ( ar, جنس, pl. ar, أجناس, ajnās, label=none) in traditional Arabic music theory, is a set of three, four, or five stepwise pitches used to build an Arabic ''maqam'', or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord, tetrachord, and pentachord. A ''maqam'' is made up of two or more ''ajnas''. Etymology The Arabic word () probably derives from the Greek word grc, γένος, label=none () or else from the related Latin word , either way from the same Proto-Indo-European root. The basic meaning is that of a kind, family, or race. The same Arabic word is also used to mean genus in biology, and gender. Meaning of a jins Traditional music theory texts tend to describe a jins as a concrete set of pitches (in many cases a set of exactly four pitches, i.e. a tetrachord), and they are often quick to give mathematically precise intervals for the ideal version of each jins. Their authors were probably influenced by the writings of ancient Greek music theoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jins Hijaz
A jins ( ar, جنس, pl. ar, أجناس, ajnās, label=none) in traditional Arabic music theory, is a set of three, four, or five stepwise pitches used to build an Arabic ''maqam'', or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord, tetrachord, and pentachord. A ''maqam'' is made up of two or more ''ajnas''. Etymology The Arabic word () probably derives from the Greek word grc, γένος, label=none () or else from the related Latin word , either way from the same Proto-Indo-European root. The basic meaning is that of a kind, family, or race. The same Arabic word is also used to mean genus in biology, and gender. Meaning of a jins Traditional music theory texts tend to describe a jins as a concrete set of pitches (in many cases a set of exactly four pitches, i.e. a tetrachord), and they are often quick to give mathematically precise intervals for the ideal version of each jins. Their authors were probably influenced by the writings of ancient Greek music theoris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maqam Saba
MAQAM is a US-based production company specializing in Arabic and Middle Eastern media. The company was established by a small group of Arabic music and culture lovers, later becoming a division of 3B Media Inc. "MAQAM" is an Arabic word meaning a position of high esteem. It also refers to a musical mode in Arabic music that is based on the quarter-tone scale (Arabic maqam). The company's consumer retail web site is considered to be "The World's biggest on-line source for Arabic Music". In 2007 the company launched the first legal Arabic music digital service, MAQAM MP3, and the first online Arabic music radio/streaming service. The company produces the nationally syndicated radio program Radio MAQAM, which is broadcast weekly on public radio, and is hosted by Bashar Barazi. The show is the first ever Arabic hour on public radio. In 2015, the radio program moved to a two-hour format on some stations, along with several re-runs during the week on others. MAQAM states that as an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major Second
In Western music theory, a major second (sometimes also called whole tone or a whole step) is a second spanning two semitones (). A second is a musical interval encompassing two adjacent staff positions (see Interval number for more details). For example, the interval from C to D is a major second, as the note D lies two semitones above C, and the two notes are notated on adjacent staff positions. Diminished, minor and augmented seconds are notated on adjacent staff positions as well, but consist of a different number of semitones (zero, one, and three). The major second is the interval that occurs between the first and second degrees of a major scale, the tonic and the supertonic. On a musical keyboard, a major second is the interval between two keys separated by one key, counting white and black keys alike. On a guitar string, it is the interval separated by two frets. In moveable-do solfège, it is the interval between ''do'' and ''re''. It is considered a melo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Second
A semitone, also called a half step or a half tone, is the smallest musical interval commonly used in Western tonal music, and it is considered the most dissonant when sounded harmonically. It is defined as the interval between two adjacent notes in a 12-tone scale. For example, C is adjacent to C; the interval between them is a semitone. In a 12-note approximately equally divided scale, any interval can be defined in terms of an appropriate number of semitones (e.g. a whole tone or major second is 2 semitones wide, a major third 4 semitones, and a perfect fifth 7 semitones. In music theory, a distinction is made between a diatonic semitone, or minor second (an interval encompassing two different staff positions, e.g. from C to D) and a chromatic semitone or augmented unison (an interval between two notes at the same staff position, e.g. from C to C). These are enharmonically equivalent when twelve-tone equal temperament is used, but are not the same thing in meantone temper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 Equal Temperament
Twelve-tone equal temperament (12-TET) is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 ( ≈ 1.05946). That resulting smallest interval, the width of an octave, is called a semitone or half step. Twelve-tone equal temperament is the most widespread system in music today. It has been the predominant tuning system of Western music, starting with classical music, since the 18th century, and Europe almost exclusively used approximations of it for millennia before that. It has also been used in other cultures. In modern times, 12-TET is usually tuned relative to a standard pitch of 440 Hz, called A440, meaning one note, A, is tuned to 440 hertz and all other notes are defined as some multiple of semitones apart from it, either higher or lower in frequency. The standard pitch has not always been 440 Hz. It has varied and generally risen over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jins Saba
Saba ( ar, صبا, tr, Saba or tr, Sabâ, label=none, tk, sabah) is a kind of musical scale used in both Arabic music and Turkish classical music. This article covers both the Arabic jins and maqam called "Saba" as well as the similar Turkish makam of the same name. In either tradition, the first three steps above the tonic of Saba are all rather small, so that the fourth pitch is noticeably less than a perfect fourth above the tonic. This distinguishes it from most other scales. Saba is often associated with troubled, distressed, or yearning emotions. Etymology Saba ( ar, صبا) is an Arabic word that means "yearning" and also refers to a type of wind, specifically "East Wind." It has been translated as "zephyr" or "early morning breeze." In Turkish, tr, sabah, label=none means "morning," and the morning ''adhan'' is often sung in makam Saba. It is possible the connection with the Turkish word for morning is simply folk etymology and the name of the scale comes from Ara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
