version that you are working on. See TRANSLATION for details.
@end ignore
-@c \version "2.11.51"
+@c \version "2.11.61"
@node World music
@section World music
* References for Arabic music::
* Arabic note names ::
* Arabic key signatures::
-* Arabic time signatures::
-* Further reading::
+* Arabic time signatures::
+* Arabic music example::
+* Further reading::
@end menu
@item Complex time signatures may require that notes be grouped
manually as described in @ref{Manual beams}.
+@item @notation{Takasim} which are rhythmically free
+improvisations may be written down omitting bar lines as
+described in @ref{Unmetered music}.
+
@end itemize
@seealso
@end lilypond
+@cindex Arabic semi-flat symbol
+@cindex Semi-flat symbol appearance
+
+The symbol for semi-flat does not match the symbol which is used
+in Arabic notation. The @code{\dwn} symbol defined in
+@code{arabic.ly} may be used preceding a flat symbol as a work
+around if it is important to use the specific Arabic semi-flat
+symbol. The appearance of the semi-flat symbol in the key
+signature cannot be altered by using this method.
+
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\include "arabic.ly"
+\relative do' {
+ \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
+ dod dob dosd \dwn dob dobsb dodsd do do
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+
@seealso
Notation Reference:
title to indicate the more specific maqam, so in this example, the
name of maqam muhayer should appear in the title.
-@c FIXME: what group? bayati?
-@c FIXME: the list is hard to read. Either end the sentence with
-@c the list, or put it in parentheses, or something.
-Other maqams in the same group, as shown in the table below:
-bayati, hussaini, saba, and ushaq can be indicated in the same
+Other maqams in the same bayati group, as shown in the table below:
+(bayati, hussaini, saba, and ushaq) can be indicated in the same
way. These are all variations of the base and most common maqam
in the group, which is bayati. They usually differ from the base
maqam in their upper tetrachords, or certain flow details that
-don't change their fundamental nature, as related siblings.
+don't change their fundamental nature, as siblings.
The other maqam in the same group (Nawa) is related to bayati by
modulation which is indicated in the table in parenthesis for
@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
{non-traditional-key-signatures.ly}
-
@seealso
Notation Reference:
@cindex Semai form
@cindex taqasim
-@c FIXME why not just adjust the automatic beaming?
-Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as Semai use
-unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This may lead to an
-automatic grouping of notes that is quite different from existing
-typeset music. You can override this by switching off automatic
-beaming, and grouping the notes manually using @code{[ ]} to
-surround grouped notes, as described in @ref{Manual beams}.
+Some Arabic and Turkish music classical forms such as
+@notation{Semai} use unusual time signatures such as 10/8. This
+may lead to an automatic grouping of notes that is quite different
+from existing typeset music, where notes may not be grouped on the
+beat, but in a manner that is difficult to match by adjusting
+automatic beaming. You can override this by switching off
+automatic beaming and beaming the notes manually. Where matching
+existing typeset music is not an issue, you may still want to
+adjust the beaming behaviour and/or use compound time signatures.
-For improvisations or taqasim which are temporarily free, the time
-signature can be omitted, and @code{\cadenzaOn} can be used.
-You might need to adjust the accidental style, since the absence
-of bar lines will cause the accidental to be marked only once:
+@snippets
+
+@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
+{compound-time-signatures.ly}
-@example
-#(set-accidental-style 'forget)
-@end example
+@lilypondfile[verbatim,lilyquote,texidoc,doctitle]
+{arabic-improvisation.ly}
@seealso
@ref{Manual beams},
@ref{Automatic beams},
@ref{Unmetered music},
-@ref{Automatic accidentals}.
+@ref{Automatic accidentals},
+@ref{Setting automatic beam behavior},
+@ref{Time signature}.
Snippets:
@rlsr{World music}.
+
+@node Arabic music example
+@unnumberedsubsubsec Arabic music example
+
+@cindex Arabic music example
+@cindex Arabic music template
+@cindex Template Arabic music
+
+Here is a template that also uses the start of a Turkish Semai
+that is familiar in Arabic music education in order to illustrate
+some of the peculiarities of Arabic music notation, such as medium
+intervals and unusual modes that are discussed in this section.
+
+@lilypond[quote,verbatim]
+\include "arabic.ly"
+\score {
+ \relative re' {
+ \set Staff.extraNatural = ##f
+ \set Staff.autoBeaming = ##f
+ \key re \bayati
+ \time 10/8
+
+ re4 re'8 re16 [misb re do] sisb [la sisb do] re4 r8
+ re16 [misb do re] sisb [do] la [sisb sol8] la [sisb] do [re] misb
+ fa4 fa16 [misb] misb8. [re16] re8 [misb] re [do] sisb
+ do4 sisb8 misb16 [re do sisb] la [do sisb la] la4 r8
+ }
+ \header {
+ title = "Semai Muhayer"
+ composer = "Jamil Bek"
+ }
+}
+@end lilypond
+
+@seealso
+
+Snippets:
+@rlsr{World music}
+
+
+
@node Further reading
@unnumberedsubsubsec Further reading
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