\key re \bayati
@end example
+@noindent
Here @var{re} is the default pitch of the muhayer maqam, and
@var{bayati} is the name of the base maqam in the group.
@enumerate
@item
-The music of the Arabs by Habib Hassan Touma [Amadeus Press, 1996],
+@emph{The music of the Arabs} by Habib Hassan Touma [Amadeus Press, 1996],
contains a discussion of maqams and their method of groupings.
There are also various web sites that explain maqams and some
group, rather than a different key signature for each different
maqam.
-Oud methods by the following authors, contain examples of
-mainly Turkish and Arabic compositions.
+Method books by the following authors for the @dfn{Oud}, the Arabic lute,
+contain examples of mainly Turkish and Arabic compositions.
@itemize @bullet
@item
Ibrahim Ali Darwish Al-masri
@end itemize
@end enumerate
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