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Introducation to Maqam
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
Introduction to EDO tunings
5-EDO
7-EDO
7-EDO + 5-EDO
9-ED3_2 Wendy Carlos alpha
11-ED3_2 Wendy Carlos beta
11-EDO
12-TET(EDO)
13-ED3 Bohlen-Pierce
13-EDO
19-EDO
20-ED3_2 Wendy Carlos gamma
22-EDO
24-EDO
31-EDO
35-EDO
36-EDO
41-EDO
43-EDO
53-EDO
55-EDO
72-EDO
Introduction to European historical tunings and temperaments
12 Henricus Grammateus
12 Meantone (one-fifth quintal-comma)
12 Meantone (one-quarter quintal-comma)
12 Meantone (one-sixth tertial-comma)
12 Meantone (one-third quintal-comma)
12 Meantone (two-sevenths quintal-comma)
12 Tertial Eflat-Gsharp (center C)
12 Tertial Gflat-B (center C)
12 Tertial-Quintal (Erlanger Traktat)
12 WT (d'Alembert-Rousseau)
12 WT (Kellner)
12 WT (Kirnberger III)
12 WT (Lehmann)
12 WT (Marpourg)
12 WT (Neihardt Grosse)
12 WT (Neihardt Kleine)
12 WT (Rameau)
12 WT (Sabat I)
12 WT (Sabat II)
12 WT (Vallotti)
12 WT (Werkmeister III)
24 Helmholtz temperament
Introduction to Just or Rational Intonation (JI)
12 HS 16-32 (Johnston)
12 HS 16-32 (Tenney)
12 Quintal (center C)
12 Quintal-Septimal (center C)
12 Tertial Dflat-Fsharp (center C)
12 Tertial-Septimal LMY WTP
12 Undecimal Lou Harrison National Steel
13 Bohlen Pierce Rational
16 HS 16-32 (fundamental F)
22 Sruti (center C)
43 Undecimal Partch G-392Hz
53 Tertial
55 Tertial-Quintal Sabat Euler Lattice
Introduction to Persian Radif
The Dastgah Concept in Persian Music
Dastgāh-e Šur
Dastgāh-e Abuatā
Dastgāh-e Dašti
Dastgāh-e Bayāt-e Tork
Dastgāh-e Afšāri
Dastgāh-e Segāh
Dastgāh-e Čahārgāh
Dastgāh-e Homāyun
Dastgāh-e Bayāt-e Esfahān
Dastgāh-e Navā
Dastgāh-e Māhur
Dastgāh-e Rast-Panjgāh
Glossary
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Scale
A scale is a particular collection of pitches, arranged in order from low to high.