rec.music.arabic

Arabic music discussion forum in English.

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rec.music.arabic
infoplease.com

Good starting points for general introduction to arabic music web resources,
and your contributions are welcome.

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Wiki !

Yes, we know, but it's not that bad!

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arab-music.com

Bibliography of important books on arabic musics.

Reprint of work by this important Lebanese musicologist and oud player.

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Arabic Classical Music

Short list of key classical recordings.

Nice resource which lets you see and hear the maqams, with musical examples.

Good regional breakdowns and scholarly references.

USA based music workshops from this well known artist.

Instrumental

Oud / Maqam

oud.eclipse.co.uk

Authoritative overview of the maqam demonstrated on oud.

Mahmoud Effat

Mahmoud Effat's reference source for ney players, recently translated into English.

Effat/Saleh/Gribbs

Musicology project to decipher the tuning of ancient egyptian flutes.

Turkish Ney

Great resource for ney scores, transcriptions of works by famous neyzen.

Darbuka

blackroot.org

Quick and dirty introduction to rhythms.

tombak.co.uk

International darbuka network.

maya.com

Good on-line resources for percussion.

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chrysalis-foundation.org

If you really want to understand instrumental tunings and scale analysis.