Maqam oud coach

Pick a maqam, hear the scale played back at your practice speed, then play along on your oud — the coach listens and gives you spoken feedback, quarter-tones included.

1Maqam and tonic

2Hear the scale

3Rhythm

Pitch and rhythm are scored together \u2014 use Start take / Stop take below.

4Play along

play a note
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5Talk with the coach

Rast, Bayati and Saba use widely taught 24-tone interval approximations. Houzam's intonation varies more between teachers and traditions, so its default is a reasonable starting point — adjust the cents above to match what your teacher actually plays. Note detection uses autocorrelation on your mic input and works best for single, clearly plucked notes rather than fast runs.