For more specific tutorials on mapping scales, you can view demonstrations on platforms like TikTok by KanariMusic which specializes in Arabic keyboard and VST techniques.
When the violin was introduced to the Arab world in the mid-19th century, it quickly replaced older bowed instruments like the Rebab and the Kemancha (a spiked fiddle). Arab musicians fell in love with the violin’s dynamic range and expressiveness, but they adapted it to fit the microtonal nature of their musical scales, known as . Arabic Kamanjat 2