Raquy and the Cavemen

I just posted a clip from "Jordan" by Raquy and the Cavemen
(http://www.raquyandthecavemen.com/) to the Yahoo group thingy. The
rest of the song is great, and the album has other great songs on it,
so buy it. Anyone care to comment on the tuning?

I hear something close to 1/1, 12/11 or 10/11, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2... Is it
a traditional scale?

Keenan

Now I realize they have a clip (covering the same part) on the website
at http://www.raquyandthecavemen.com/audio/TR4_jordan_exrpt.m3u , so
ignore the Yahoo thingy.

Keenan

Keenan Pepper wrote:

>I just posted a clip from "Jordan" by Raquy and the Cavemen
> (http://www.raquyandthecavemen.com/) to the Yahoo group thingy. The
> rest of the song is great, and the album has other great songs on it,
> so buy it. Anyone care to comment on the tuning?
>
> I hear something close to 1/1, 12/11 or 10/11, 6/5, 5/4, 3/2... Is it
> a traditional scale?

Yeah, that looks and sounds like Maqam Saba (مقام الصبا):

http://www.maqamworld.com/maqamat/saba.html

which contains the notes D Eb- F Gb A Bb C Db E F (b- = half-flat). So it sounds simultaneously major and minor in equal temperament, but I think the G flat is supposed to be more like 81/64 or maybe higher.

~D.