Currently, our main fields of research are (Ethno)musicology and Music Theory. Here we would like to share with you and acknowledge some of the published articles on the topics important to MAI (the authors may or may not be affiliated with MAI).  Feel free to contact us if you would like to collaborate in research. 

Poorhaydari, K. “Empirical Evaluation of Intervals and Fretting Systems in Persian Art Music”, Analytical Approaches to World Musics (AAWM), 11 (2), December 2023, https://journal.iftawm.org/previous/2023-volume-11-no-2/poorhaydari/.
Poorhaydari, K. “Examination of Neutral Intervals and Parent Scales in Persian Art Music: A Step toward the Standardization of the Musical System”, Music Theory and Analysis (MTA), 9 (1), 28-55, 2022. DOI:  10.11116/MTA.9.1.2.
Frishkopf, M. “Against ethnomusicology: Language performance and the social impact of ritual performance in Islam". Performing Islam. 2 (1): 11-43, 2013.
Frishkopf, M. “Music”, in The Islamic World, edited by Andrew Rippin (Routledge "Worlds" series). New York: Routledge, 510-526, 2008.
Frishkopf, M. "Tarab in the Mystic Sufi Chant of Egypt",. In: Colors of Enchantment: Visual and Performing Arts of the Middle East, edited by Sherifa Zuhur. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2001.

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