Jins
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A jins is a set of three, four, or five stepwise pitches used to build an Arabic maqam
, or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord
, tetrachord
, and pentachord
. A maqam is made up of two or more ajnas.
The word derives from the Greek word genus, meaning "type."http://books.google.com/books?id=L39JSk_d-PgC&pg=PA46&dq=ajnas+music&sig=z-fo5yNV4bYnoIOI-uoiqYArz5I
Arabic maqam
Arabic maqām is the system of melodic modes used in traditional Arabic music, which is mainly melodic. The word maqam in Arabic means place, location or rank. The Arabic maqam is a melody type...
, or melodic mode. They correspond to the English terms trichord
Trichord
In music theory, a trichord is a group of three different pitch classes found within a larger group . For example a continguous three note set from a musical scale or twelve-tone row. The term is derived by analogy from the 20th-century use of the word "tetrachord"...
, tetrachord
Tetrachord
Traditionally, a tetrachord is a series of three intervals filling in the interval of a perfect fourth, a 4:3 frequency proportion. In modern usage a tetrachord is any four-note segment of a scale or tone row. The term tetrachord derives from ancient Greek music theory...
, and pentachord
Pentachord
A pentachord in music theory may be either of two things. In pitch-class set theory, a pentachord is defined as any five pitch classes, regarded as an unordered collection . In other contexts, a pentachord may be any consecutive five-note section of a diatonic scale...
. A maqam is made up of two or more ajnas.
The word derives from the Greek word genus, meaning "type."http://books.google.com/books?id=L39JSk_d-PgC&pg=PA46&dq=ajnas+music&sig=z-fo5yNV4bYnoIOI-uoiqYArz5I