Re: Makam or Maqam

[Francisco Vila]

2010/2/3 Graham Percival <address@hidden>:
> On Wed, Feb 03, 2010 at 10:25:44AM +0100, Francisco Vila wrote:
>> Currently, notation/world.itely mixes 'maqam' / 'maqams' and 'makam' /
>> 'makamlar'. Is this correct for Arabic/Turkish respectively, or should
>> it be unified?
>
> I believe that both "k" and "q" are acceptable English
> representations of the appropriate sounds/letters in
> Arabic/Turkish.  That said, it would be nice to unify them.
> *That* said, I have no interest in trying find some definitive
> answers about which letter to use.

Well, it's not only the letter, but also the plural form. Gives a poor
impression, I offer to choose one and unify.

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Francisco Vila. Badajoz (Spain)
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