This project is a collection of original music composed by Fernando A. Martin based on the following principles:

1 - One-hundred pieces featuring one-hundred modes (maqamat / makamlar) from Middle-Eastern (Arabic / Turkish) music.

2 - Original music composed according to extensive researches on theoretical books and sheet music by masters of Middle-Eastern music.

3 - Original 48-tone just intonation based on Pythagorean intonation, 5-limit just intonation and using minus syntonic comma to create quarter-tones.

4 - Maqam based music presented not only as an ethnic style, but as a full music theory that can be applied to any genre and to any style.

5 - Write an emotional description, according to my personal interpretation, for each maqam / makam.

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