When you listen to a taqsim—the art of unmetered melodic improvisation—you are not just hearing a performance. You are peering into the collective consciousness of a musical tradition that stretches back to prehistory. Every note, every turn of phrase, is a reflection of a lineage of masters, passing their melodic vocabulary from master to apprentice for thousands of years. In The Art of Taqasim in Persian and Arabic Music Vol.…
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