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See Assyrian/Syriac folk music for modern folkloristic music.Syriac sacral music is music in the Syriac language as used in the liturgy of Syriac Christianity.Historically it is best known from and important for its part in the development of Christian sacred music since Antiquity.The Syriac Churches have a musical system based on ancient principals today known as maqam there are eight maqams used in the church and these are known as kadmoyo (maqam bayati maqam ussak) trayono (maqam huseini) tlithoyo (maqam segah maqam nahawand maqam kurd) rbi’oyo (maqam rast) hmishoyo (maqam huzam) shtithoyo (maqam ajam) shbi’oyo (maqam saba) and tminoyo (maqam hijaz) (in order from one to eight).