Zalzal Scales

Hello to all!

I'm wondering if someone would be so kind as to send me, or guide me
to the complete Zalzal Scales (with cents values please)? I have read
that there are many 12 pitch Zalzal scales with quarter tones - there
are a couple of them in Scala, and one in a basic JI book I've got,
but I would be very interested to study the construction of all of
the known scales. Searching the internet has not turned up much of
use to me (although I did find a list of Maqam that seems to have
came from Paul Erlich - which I have converted to cents values - from
53 Tet). If any of the other listers may know how I can obtain this
information (if it is in fact all known), then I would be eternally
grateful. I'm seeking this information because I'm now working on a
CD with a musician who plays a number of Arabic drums, and I would
like to use some appropriate scales for our collaboration.

Thanks!

Jacky

Kraig Grady wrote:

> we were recently talking to an oud player about the intonation
>throughout the mid east and in particular, the interval of
> Zalzal. He commented how the intonation varied from region to region,
>stating for instance that the intonation in Egypt was
> drastically different from that found in Iran. It was by the
>intonation differences in fact enabled him to tell him where the
> player was from.

Hello. Thank you for the interesting report. I am puzzled, though,
because the neutral third does not seem to have a wide range.
A little smaller and it will be like a 6/5 minor third; a little wider
and it sounds like a 5/4 major third. Might it be something else
in the playing, like in the articulation of the tones, that
provided clues to that oud player? What do y' all think?

- George Kahrimanis anakreon@hol.gr