If played in the middle of a song, the Taximi is played on top of the normal rhthym. Often different members of the band trade-off Taximis, especially the clarinet and violin. The scale in which a song is played. More similar in concept to an East Indian Raga than to a Western scale. There are at least 100 different maqams.
Eastern music makes use of Micro tones.
Modern Greek instruments such as the Bouzouki have fixed frets which eliminates the possibility for micro tones. Fretless instruments like the violin, cumbus, and oud can all achieve micro tones easily. A vocal taximi, usually in the beginning of the song. Amanes are more associated with Greek Rebetika music, but can sometimes be heard in Gypsy music as well. There is no literal translation for this.