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maqams

maqams is the plural of maqam.

Meaning of maqam

Noun

maqam (plural maqams or maqamat)

  1. A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, West Asia and Central Asia.
    • Elsewhere in the evening the young Iraqi-American trumpeter Amir ElSaffar, who has studied both jazz and traditional Arabic maqam patterns and combines them in modal pieces for improvisers, demonstrated with his sextet (including an oud and a santoor, the Persian hammered dulcimer) how hungry jazz...2008 January 14, Ben Ratliff, “Jazz Showcase Fever Propels a Mini Marathon”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    Nahavand

Questions about maqams

What is maqams the plural of?
Maqams is the plural of maqam.

Words near maqams in the dictionary

  1. maqaf
  2. maqafs
  3. maqam
  4. maqama
  5. maqamat
  6. maqams
  7. Maqdisi
  8. Maqdisis
  9. Maqellarë
  10. maqloubeh
  11. maqluba

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