June 3, 20187 yr Recently I used this scale : E - F - G# - A - B - C - D# - E and composed a very short piece. I titled my piece "Maqam Hijaz" but an oud-player told me "You need to follow melodic structure of maqams to make maqam music". I read a book about "Melodic Structure in Iranian Music" and I found how "Radif" and "Dastgah" work, but I could not find anything about maqam. Can you guys help me about maqam melodic structure?
June 4, 20187 yr Author 50 minutes ago, Luis Hernández said: Perhaps here: http://www.maqamworld.com/ Unfortunately, there's no "structure" guide in this website.
June 4, 20187 yr Author 1 hour ago, Ken320 said: It looks like a double harmonic scale. https://youtu.be/7-HZXm61Cv4 Yes. Actually the 4th mode of Harmonic Minor scale. But there is a difference, in Middle Eastern music, you have to follow strict rules to compose, specially in melodic intervals you use.
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