Iraq (Arabian) scale
Maqam Iraq as actually practiced uses quarter tones that no twelve-tone scale can express, so this eight-note collection approximates a name rather than reproducing the maqam.
- Used for
- Middle Eastern flavored and experimental writing.
- Formula
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Steps H W W H W W H H Semitones 1-2-2-1-2-2-1-1 Degrees 1 ♭2 ♭3 4 ♯4 ♭6 ♭7 7 - Relationships
- It is the eighth mode of the Bebop Dominant scale.
Iraq (Arabian) in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- D D Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- E E Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- F F Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- G G Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- A A Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
- B B Iraq (Arabian) scale piano guitar
