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... Arabic songs . It must be remembered that when the Arabs extended their dominion over Northern Africa , and to Spain , they imported not only their religion , but also their arts , into the subjugated countries . The following air ...
... Arabic songs . It must be remembered that when the Arabs extended their dominion over Northern Africa , and to Spain , they imported not only their religion , but also their arts , into the subjugated countries . The following air ...
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... Arabs we also meet with smaller in- tervals than our semitones . The notes of the Arabic scale , which are designated by ... Arabic alif , be , gim , dal , he , wau , zain , ) are subdivided into seventeen one - third - tones . Jek du si ...
... Arabs we also meet with smaller in- tervals than our semitones . The notes of the Arabic scale , which are designated by ... Arabic alif , be , gim , dal , he , wau , zain , ) are subdivided into seventeen one - third - tones . Jek du si ...
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... ARABIC INTERVALS . The Persians appear to have employed at an early period smaller intervals than semitones . After the conquest of Persia by the Arabs , about the middle of the seventh century of our Christian era , the music of the ...
... ARABIC INTERVALS . The Persians appear to have employed at an early period smaller intervals than semitones . After the conquest of Persia by the Arabs , about the middle of the seventh century of our Christian era , the music of the ...
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... Arabs , jek , du , si , tschar , peni , schesch , heft . The diatonic genus of the ancient Greeks likewise consisted of a series of whole tones with two semitones in the compass of an octave . And some nations in the lowest stage of ...
... Arabs , jek , du , si , tschar , peni , schesch , heft . The diatonic genus of the ancient Greeks likewise consisted of a series of whole tones with two semitones in the compass of an octave . And some nations in the lowest stage of ...
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... Arabic system is adhered to , the common people whose ear has not been especially trained to the one - third - tones , do not , in general , appear capable of distinguishing them . Mr. Lane states , respecting these intervals in the ...
... Arabic system is adhered to , the common people whose ear has not been especially trained to the one - third - tones , do not , in general , appear capable of distinguishing them . Mr. Lane states , respecting these intervals in the ...
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