Advanced melodic patterns, scales and modes

[Tanburi]

Funny how the topic turned into discussing non-Western modal music due to the claim that the software contains "ALL scales and modes in music"!

[Tanburi]

http://maqamworld.com/maqamindex.html

I never knew that these could start on one of the half-flat notes. That complicates this in terms of use in a virtual instrument for me. Although I'm not going to be doing authentic maqam or even close, just noting the complexity.
VSL has a few of 'em as presets, .scl files in their VI Pro interface (where you can choose 1 of the normal 12 as its '1')...

One of the reasons why I'm glad the Turks never adopted the Arabic 24-tone quarter tone system (which I understand wasn't that long ago - Bartok's time). Though, I imagine it would still be a complicating factor in terms of virtual instruments to use something like Turkish Segah, for example, as it has its tonal center a coma flat of the Western pitch.

[jancivil]

Huh. I guess it could be a consequence of that. I don't get how that gained so much traction, it's antithetical to the whole though of Arabic intervals...

[Atza]

Here is a nice intro to modal theory by Satriani:
http://www.desktopmetronome.com/c5/inde ... or-guitar/

[jancivil]

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the wordage of the OP, 'scales and melodic patterns' made me think of Slonimsky's Thesaurus