Arabic Oriental Scales lessons Part 1 by Ahmad Al-Jawadi

Here are some of the Oriental scales (Arabic and Turkish), there are much more not included.
This site is related to my main site:
http://www.youtube.com/ahmadjawadi

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Music
• Theory
• Arabic
• Turkish
• Oriental
• Scales
• Quarter
• Tone
• Symbol

[frenchiecocorico1]

For the poor ignorant but interested occidental musicians, could you indicate them a good treatise on arabic musical theories and practises ? Thanks in advance.

[jawadimusic]

@frenchiecocorico1

Thank you so much, I'll try in the future.

[italianobaiano]

BEAUTYFUL!!! love 1/4 tone...can you send me more scales with 1/4 tone please? Thanks friend

[jawadimusic]

@italianobaiano Dear friend, in part 2 and 3 there are more of quarter tones scales.

Thanks for your comment.

[yatah]

What's the instrument used in the intro? I hear it a lot in folk arabic music. Is it a mandolin?

[jawadimusic]

@yatah

It is Buzuq, the Arabic instrument, it looks like the Turkish instrument (Saz) or the Greek instrument (Bouzouki).

[art671]

@yatah I think it could be an oud

[MEGABOY240]

Nice video dude!!

[instrumentalist28]

i use these scales in my composings, i like to mix it with scales from india

[Jaherlich]

Thank you so much for this great lession!

Jaherlich.