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Hal Asmar el-Loun

Jack_Campin - 12-1-2017 at 09:32 AM

What maqam is "Hal asmar el-loun" in?

SamirCanada - 12-1-2017 at 10:10 AM

Hijaz

Jack_Campin - 12-2-2017 at 02:50 AM

Thanks - that was what my ears said, but I'd seen a notated version of it that made it seem much more mysterious
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maqam hijaz RE/d

abousammy - 12-2-2017 at 02:58 AM

Quote: Originally posted by SamirCanada  
Hijaz



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Jack_Campin - 12-4-2017 at 04:32 AM

This is the notation I found. It clearly isn't hijaz. What's going on here?

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SamirCanada - 12-4-2017 at 07:29 AM

forget the notes :)

just listen to this right here !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dUNcYithPg

Jack_Campin - 12-4-2017 at 07:34 AM

Well somebody must have had a reason for writing it that way, and saw it as being in a maqam with a flattened fourth. Which seems a bit weird to me. Is there a maqam that has a scale like that?

ALAMI - 12-4-2017 at 12:28 PM

Although most people consider it a Hijaz song, I think the guy is right to notate this way, It is the "Saba zamzama" maqam which Saba with a flat E
The whole mood of the song is Saba.