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Maqam Nikriz on guitar, bouzouki and bağlama

Nikriz is a maqam whose signature is the raised fourth degree (#4), which creates an augmented second between the third and fourth degrees. It has no quarter tones.

Choose an instrument and a root above to see Nikriz on the fretboard.

Instrument Category Maqam / Scale Root View Position size

RootQuarter tone (half-flat ↓)Other notes (including regular flats and sharps)

Note: a regular flat (like E♭) is a semitone, so it is blue. Only a half-flat (↓, e.g. E↓ or B↓) is a quarter tone, shown in yellow. Each quarter tone is drawn inside the fret box above it, and if that box also holds a regular note, both are shown side by side. Play it by bending the string or on a fretless guitar.

Show all chord tones on the fretboard

Structure and notes

Degrees: 1 - 2 - b3 - #4 - 5 - 6 - b7

Notes on D: D E F A♭ A B C

Notes on C: C D E♭ F♯ G A B♭

Quarter tones

Maqam Nikriz has no quarter tones, so it can be played on instruments with regular frets without any change.

How to practice

Turn on the drone on the root to hear each note's relation to the tonic.
Choose one position (three frets) and play it note by note at the metronome's tempo.
Use the tuner to check that every note is accurate.
Try the same maqam on other instruments, guitar, bouzouki, bağlama and bass, and hear the difference.

What users and teachers say

Instrument sounds are based on open-source recorded samples (Karoryfer Samples: Black And Green Guitars and Black And Blue Basses; University of Iowa Electronic Music Studios; tonejs-instruments).

Tuner

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— Hz

— cents

±50 cents

♭●♯

Play a string to start

Settings

Input source Instrument Mode Short beep when the pitch is accurate CalibrationHz

Input level

Diagnostics (if the tuner does not work)

Press "Run diagnostics", play a string during the test (about 3 seconds), and send me the report that appears.

Info

On a phone the tuner listens through the built-in microphone. On a computer, choose your sound card or audio interface from the "Input source" list. Automatic audio processing is turned off so the measurement stays accurate. If the metronome plays while you tune, its click may be picked up by the microphone.