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Pitch and interval

Çargah tetrachord

Çârgâh dörtlüsü

A tetrachord made of two taninis and a bakiye (T T B: 9 + 9 + 4 commas); built on Çargah it gives the pitches Çargah–Neva–Hüseyni–Acem. It resembles the major tetrachord of Western music.

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Related: Dörtlü (tetrachord)ÇargahMahur makam

Example pieces from the archive (48 in total)

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

Makams with Çargah tetrachord on the tonic (11)

MahurAcemaşîrânŞevk'efzâSûzidilârâZâvilBüzürkGüldesteMâverâünnehrNigârTarz-ı-CedîdYeni Çârgâh

Makams with Çargah tetrachord on the dominant (4)

AcemaşîrânMuhâlifNigârYeni Çârgâh

Computed from the site's makam scales: the first pitch of the tetrachord is the makam's tonic or dominant. To listen and search other makams: Çeşni finder

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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.

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