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Arabian music has a long tradition that reaches back to
before the Roman era. Although the pure classical forms
have mostly faded the unique scale and interval
structures have remained and give the music much of
it’s modal flavor. Although this music was
traditionally built around a solo improvisational style,
today you will hear a fusion of the music’s
traditional roots with a European influence. The Arabic
scales are based on scales of up to 24 notes. The
various modes of these scales are easily recognizable to
even the untrained ear as Middle Eastern in flavor.
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