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Maqaf vs Maqam - What's the difference?

maqaf | maqam |

As nouns the difference between maqaf and maqam

is that maqaf is (hebrew typography) the hebrew script hyphen () while maqam is (music) a modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in north africa, the middle east and central asia.

maqaf

English

Alternative forms

* Maqaf

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Hebrew typography) The Hebrew script hyphen ()

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    * English words containing Q not followed by U

    maqam

    English

    (wikipedia maqam)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (music) A modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia.
  • *{{quote-news, pagetitle=maqam, year=2008, date=January 14, author=Ben Ratliff, title=Jazz Showcase Fever Propels a Mini Marathon, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=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 still is for sources older than itself.}}
  • *{{quote-news, pagetitle=maqam, year=2008, date=May 1, author=Erica Goode, title=A Fabled Iraqi Instrument Thrives in Exile, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=At 18, late for a professional musician, he took up the oud, studying the mysteries of the Iraqi maqam , the complex system of tonal sequences and improvisation passed from master to student.}}
  • *{{quote-news, pagetitle=maqam, year=2009, date=April 2, author=Ashante Infantry, title=Baghdad jazz, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=But he hesitated when approached to do a project that combined maqam with jazz, even though that had been his pre-quest intention.}}