Arabic Maqām Network is an innovative open-access online platform dedicated to the study and exploration of the Arabic maqām system. It was researched, designed and developed by Dr. Khyam Allami and Ibrahim El Khansa in the Music Intelligence Lab at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
The platform is designed to be a valuable resource for students, musicians, composers, musicologists, educators, researchers, and anyone interested in the rich musical heritage of the Arabic-speaking region.
It offers an interactive, comprehensive and academically rigorous database of tuning systems, ajnās, and maqāmāt, along with their suyūr and intiqālāt (modulations), all of which can be played and heard with a computer keyboard or via MIDI.
In addition, it provides in-depth mathematical and musicological analysis, various analytics and an API for programmatic access to the data.
- Explore and play hundreds of Arabic tuning systems, ajnās, and maqāmāt interactively.
- Switch between multiple tuning systems to hear and compare their structures and intervals on the same jins or maqām.
- Play and hear every jins and maqām, including all their possible transpositions and modulations using your computer keyboard or MIDI input.
- Explore maqām modulation based on a unique algorithm created from Sāmī Al-Shawwā's rules for modulation.
- See and hear detailed analysis for each tuning system, jins and maqām including their ajnas constructions, transpositions and modulations.
- Detailed commentaries by Dr. Khyam Allami on each tuning system, maqām and sayr.
- Access a comprehensive bibliography and source references for all the musicological data.
- Customize sound output with waveform, volume, and envelope controls.
- Bookmark, organize, and revisit your favorite maqāmāt and ajnās.
- Export the data in various formats for research or creative use.
- Access an open API for programmatic data retrieval and integration.