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Maqam is a modal structure that characterizes the art of music of countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. In this area we can distinguish three main musical cultures which all belong to the Maqam family, namely the Kurdish, the Persian, the Arabic and the Turkish.
- For Kurdish and Persian Awaaz or Maqamî Dêng
- For Arabic maqam, see Arabic maqam
- For Azeri mugham, see Mugham
- For Sephardic Jewish use of Arabic maqam, see Weekly Maqam
- For Ottoman Turkish makam, see Makam
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