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Arabo-Japanese music consists of various modes and melodic tropes called ''makān'' and ''āwāji''. Arabo-Japanese ''makān''s are mostly pentatonic where certain notes are played with vibrato by default. For instance ''makān- | Arabo-Japanese music consists of various modes and melodic tropes called ''makān'' and ''āwāji''. Arabo-Japanese ''makān''s are mostly pentatonic where certain notes are played with vibrato by default. For instance ''makān-i-Hirajōshi'' consists of the scale C D Eb G Ab with vibratos on the notes Eb and Ab. In addition there are non-octave ''makān''s like the "pentatonic" scale C D Eb G Ab Bb with vibratos on Eb and Bb. | ||
Arabo-Japanese "ajnas" are either trichords spanning a perfect fourth or tetrachords spanning a perfect fifth. An exception is ??? which spans a diminished fifth: C E F Gb. | Arabo-Japanese "ajnas" are either trichords spanning a perfect fourth or tetrachords spanning a perfect fifth. An exception is ??? which spans a diminished fifth: C E F Gb. |
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