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  • noun Plural form of maqam.

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Examples

  • The book consists of 50 maqams, i.e. didactic stories on different subject.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • Some of the maqams are concluded with the author's poetical explanations to better understand the general idea of a maqam.

    Turkmen scholar Mahmud Zamakhshari's heritage 2007

  • Some of the maqams are concluded with the author's poetical explanations to better understand the general idea of a maqam.

    Archive 2007-05-01 2007

  • The book consists of 50 maqams, i.e. didactic stories on different subject.

    Turkmen scholar Mahmud Zamakhshari's heritage 2007

  • And then there is the passage … He proceeds with working the maqam, confounding it, subtly morphing its identity into hybrid, genuine forms, loading every sound with the pangs of yet unborn maqams … Breaks are not expected in the moments and the spaces they span.

    AvaxHome RSS: SurajMusic 2010

  • And then there is the passage … He proceeds with working the maqam, confounding it, subtly morphing its identity into hybrid, genuine forms, loading every sound with the pangs of yet unborn maqams … Breaks are not expected in the moments and the spaces they span.

    AvaxHome RSS: SurajMusic 2010

  • And then there is the passage … He proceeds with working the maqam, confounding it, subtly morphing its identity into hybrid, genuine forms, loading every sound with the pangs of yet unborn maqams … Breaks are not expected in the moments and the spaces they span.

    AvaxHome RSS: SurajMusic 2010

  • Fusion of traditional Iraqi maqams (modes) with contemporary styles, 7: 30 p.m. March 5

    unknown title 2009

  • Rahim's music delicately combines traditional Iraqi maqams with contemporary styling and influence.

    tabsir.net 2009

  • He researched the book well, interviewing Beirut pigeoneers and the owner of San Francisco's Peacock Music as well as listening to Munir Bashir's maqams.

    Epinions Recent Content for Home 2009

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