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Arabic Scales

This document provides musical scales and modes from different musical traditions around the world. It lists the note names that define each scale or mode over 3 lines of music notation with the scale type name listed to the left. There are a total of 28 different scales and modes represented from traditions including Phrygian Dominant, Maqam, and Syrian Pentatonic among others.

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Arabic Scales

This document provides musical scales and modes from different musical traditions around the world. It lists the note names that define each scale or mode over 3 lines of music notation with the scale type name listed to the left. There are a total of 28 different scales and modes represented from traditions including Phrygian Dominant, Maqam, and Syrian Pentatonic among others.

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Emin Pehlivanoglu
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  • Maqam Scale Diagrams - Page 1
  • Maqam Scale Diagrams - Page 2

G D G B D G B D G G G

Ab C C Eb Ab C Eb C C Ab C

E E A A E A E

3 3 3 3 3 3
C F Bb C F C F C Bb C F Bb C F Bb

Db F# Db Db

5 5 5 5 5 5

Phrygian Dominant Maqam Ajam Ashiran Maqam Bayat-e-Esfahan Maqam Hedjaz Maqam Hicaz Maqam Hijaz Kar Maqam

D G B G D B B D G

Eb Ab C D# Ab C Eb C Eb Ab C Eb Ab C Eb Ab C

E A

3 3Bb 3 3 3 3
C C F C F Bb C F C F C F Bb

F# Db Gb Db Gb Db Gb

5 5 5 5 5 5

Maqam Hisar Maqam Huzzam Maqam Karicar Maqam Kurd Maqam Lami Maqam Nihavend
G B D G B D G

Eb C Eb Ab C C Eb C Ab C Ab C

E A E A A E E

3 3 3 3 3 3
C F Bb C F C F Bb C F Bb C F Bb C F

Db Gb Db Db Gb Db

5 5 5 5 5 5

Maqam Shadd’Araban Maqam Shahnaz Kurdi Maqam Shawq Awir Maqam Tarznauyn Maqam Ussak Syrian Pentatonic

D G B D B D D

Eb Ab C Ab C Ab C Eb Ab C

A A E

3 3 3 3
C F Bb C F C F Bb C F Bb

Gb Gb Gb

5 5 5 5

Zirafkend Hijaz Arabian Major Arabian Minor

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