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Modal vs Maqam - What's the difference?

modal | maqam |

In music|lang=en terms the difference between modal and maqam

is that modal is (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical music while maqam is (music) a modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in north africa, the middle east and central asia.

As nouns the difference between modal and maqam

is that modal is (logic) a modal proposition while maqam is (music) a modal structure characterizing the art of music of countries in north africa, the middle east and central asia.

As an adjective modal

is of, or relating to a mode or modus.

modal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, or relating to a mode or modus
  • (grammar) of, relating to, or describing the mood of a clause
  • (grammar) modal verb
  • *
    • Using the same type of distributional criterion, we could argue that only a Verb (in its base form) can occur in the position marked — in (23) below to complete the sentence:
    (23)     They/it can —
    [...]
    Conversely, the only type of word which could be used to begin a three-word sentence such as (25) below:
    (25)     — I be frank?
    is a Modal : cf. [...]
  • (music) of, relating to, or composed in the musical modi by which an octave is divided, associated with emotional moods in Ancient — and in medieval ecclesiastical music
  • (logic) of, or relating to the modality between propositions
  • (statistics) relating to the statistical mode.
  • (computing) Having separate modes in which user input has different effects.
  • (computer science) requiring immediate user interaction (often used as modal dialog'' or ''modal window )
  • (metaphysics) Relating to the form of a thing rather to any of its attributes

    • Synonyms

    * forming * conditioning

    Derived terms

    * modality * modally * modal auxiliary * modal logic * modal particle * quasimodal

    Related terms

    * mode * model, modeler * moderate, moderation, moderator * module * modulus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (logic) A modal proposition
  • (linguistics) A modal form, notably a modal auxiliary.

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    Anagrams

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    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.}}