Packet 9: Bonus 10

These constructs are built by combining two or more ajnas (“aj-NAHSS”) and are grouped into families like bayati (“ba-YAH-tee”) or sikah by their starting jins (“jinss”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these modal systems used in Arabic music.
ANSWER: maqamat (“ma-kah-MAHT”) [or maqam]
[10h] This Persian modal system that evolved from maqam (“ma-KAHM”) was standardized in the 19th century into a radif of roughly 200 to 300 melodic fragments called gusheh (“GOO-sheh”). It comprises 12 primary modes.
ANSWER: dastgah
[10e] Starting in the 20th century, dastgah notation introduced an accidental called the koron or “half [this]” sign, for when notes are lowered by a quarter-tone.
ANSWER: flat
<Editors, Other Fine Arts> | R. Playoffs 9 (Editors 9)

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