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That's why, I
decided to make a simple lesson of the scales from where I came from. First, Maqams in the
Arab Region are mainly used for 2 things:
1. Religious Islamic hymns
2. Old Arabic songs from the 60s until 90s, and also used until now.
Arabic Maqams are usually played with middle eastern / Turkish instruments such as: oud,
buzuk etc... Those instruments have quarter-tone fret system. Of course additionally to the
known half-tone and full-tone system. Fortunately, a not bad number of Maqams don't use
quarter-tones. Even though you can establish a quarter-tone sound on guitar by bending the
string up, It still doesn't sound good as it sounds on typical Middle Eastern instruments.
In this lesson, I am gonna put only Maqams that don't have a quarter-tone. It worth
mentioning that a good number of free quarter-tone Maqams can be equivalent to known
scales/modes. Maqams: