TURKISH MUSIC DICTIONARY

The name of the usûl Sofyân in Arabic. Although it was used by old performers, it has been forgotten today.

A compound makam once used in Turkish Classical Music. No examples have survived to the present.

A type of uzun hava common among the Southern Turkmen written in an 8-syllable meter of folk poetry. See Farsak.

A type of hoyrat sung in the Elazığ region.

The function of each tone comprising a makam.

A makam once used in Turkish Classical Music.

A compound makam once used in Turkish Classical Music, formed by adding a Segâh tetrachord to the Bayâtî scale on yegâh (Re/D) and the Râst pentachord on çargâh. It is descending in character. Its tonic is segâh (Si/B one koma flat), and its dominants are gerdâniye (Sol/G) and nevâ (Re/D). Its suspended cadences are the flavors Eksik Segâh, the Ferahnâk pentachord and the Segâh trichord on dik hisâr (Mi/E one koma flat), Uşşâk on nevâ (Re/D), Râst on çargâh (Do/C) and Uşşâk on dügâh.

A compound makam once used in Turkish Classical Music. No examples have survived to the present.

The name for the makam Hüseynî-Aşîrân given in some sources.

A compound makam used in Turkish Classical Music.

Beating the usûls of Turkish Classical Music, dividing them by section.

1. A part of the metric pattern of a piece. Also Tartım, Düzüm.

2. Prosody

A compound makam onced used in Turkish Classical Music. No examples have survived to the present.

Stress, emphasis.

Percussion Instruments. Also Vurma Sazlar.

In Turkish Classical Music, the division of an usûl according to its structures. See Darb.