second chapters of the books, jami‘ al-alh?an, maq?s?id al-alh?an and sharh?-i adwar that are all important compilations dealing with music have written by ‘abd al-qadir maraghi appropriates to fretting the string instruments. maraghi has mentioned various methods, which are mainly based on s?af? al-din urmawi’s views, for determining the ratio between the notes, yet he has also contributed sev...