Pitch and interval

Acem-aşiran

An octave below the pitch Acem; written as F in Western notation. It is the karar (tonic) pitch of the makam Acemaşiran.

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Related: Acem Irak Acemaşîrân makam

Example pieces from the archive (37 in total)

Acemaşîrân Sazsemâîsi · Udi İbrahim Efendi
Acemaşîrân Peşrev · Neyzenbaşı Kaymakam
Acemaşîrân Peşrev · Neyzen Hüseyin Fahreddin Dede
Acemaşîrân Peşrev · Gazi Giray Han
Acemaşîrân Sazsemâîsi · Gazi Giray Han

The Acemaşîrân makam page: scale, seyir and all its pieces

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The definitions were written in our own words, drawing on sources such as the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Yılmaz Öztuna's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Music and Wikipedia; pitch and interval values follow the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system. This content has not yet been reviewed by an expert; if you spot a mistake, please write to us.

TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi

Yılmaz Öztuna, Türk Musikisi: Akademik Klasik Türk San'at Musikisi'nin Ansiklopedik Sözlüğü, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1990.

H. Sadettin Arel, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı Dersleri (haz. Onur Akdoğu), Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları, Ankara, 1991.

Vikipedi, “Türk müziği” maddesi.

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