A name — canonical or an alias — is answered exactly: 'nahawand' is a maqam
even though its mask is the natural minor's. A KeyScale carries no
tradition, so it is answered by its mask, under the Western reading of that
mask; a mask that is no built-in scale answers undefined.
The system a scale belongs to.
A name — canonical or an alias — is answered exactly:
'nahawand'is a maqam even though its mask is the natural minor's. AKeyScalecarries no tradition, so it is answered by its mask, under the Western reading of that mask; a mask that is no built-in scale answers undefined.