Maqams that are playable on western instruments?

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created by langand on 17/07/2024 at 16:31 UTC

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Hiya, I play saxophone and I was wondering if anyone knows which maqamat do not use quartertones, so I can play along to music on sax.

Thank you!

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Comment by World_Musician at 17/07/2024 at 18:44 UTC

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Nahawand, Kurd, Ajam for starters dont use microtones. sometimes Hijaz is played with microtones on the 2nd and 3rd, sometimes without. In practice though usually maqams modulate to eachother and some microtone will be played eventually!

Comment by [deleted] at 05/08/2024 at 07:35 UTC

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It is possible to play microtons on saxophone