Jins

Jins (pl. ajnas): a scale fragment of 3, 4, or 5 notes with a specific mood and melodic vocabulary. Arabized form of the word "genus" (from Greek), it means a "type" or "kind" or "species" of something, and in Ancient greek theory, adopted by the Arabs, refers to a "tetrachord genus" - a scale fragment with a particular set of intervals. Traditional Arabic music theory treats a jins as the first or second half of a maqam scale, but an examination of repertory and improvisation shows that multiple ajnas are expected as part of any given maqam, and that modulation in Arabic music is more frequently from jins to jins in the same maqam rather than from maqam to maqam.

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All Maqamat 24EDO, Bayati 1, Bayati 2, Bayati-Saba-all, Bayati-Saba-Hijaz-Kurd 24EDO, Hijaz 1, Hijaz 2, Hijaz 3, Hijaz-Bayati-Kurd 24EDO, Jiharkah, Rast 1 - Egypt mid 20th, Rast 2 (Suznak) Egypt Mid 20th, Rast 3 - Syrian mid-20th, Rast 4 - High Ds and As, Rast 5 - all the modulations, Rast 6 - modulations + variants, Rast 24EDO, Rast Family 24EDO, Saba-Bayati 24EDO, Saba, Suznak 24EDO, A Guide to the Maqam Tuning Presets for Ableton Live 12