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Arabian music has a
long tradition that reaches back to before the Roman era. Although the
pure classical forms have mostly faded the unique scale and interval
structures have remained and give the music much of it’s modal flavor.
Although this music was traditionally built around a solo
improvisational style, today you will hear a fusion of the music’s
traditional roots with a European influence. The Arabic scales are based
on scales of up to 24 notes. The various modes of these scales are
easily recognizable to even the untrained ear as Middle Eastern in
flavor. |