Terminology

maqam (pl. maqamat): mode; scale; maqam al-’iraqi: genre of urban music that developed in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Mosul during the last four centuriesnaghma: melody type; modedaraja: note; pitchsullam: scalefasl: suitechalghi: maqam concert; small ensemble consisting of a santur, joza, and tablabashraf: measured instrumental preludemuqaddima: see bashrafdulab: measured instrumental interludeqit’a: