Pitch and interval

Dügah

The main pitch a tanini above Rast; written as A in Western notation. It is the karar (tonic) of many makams such as Uşşak, Hicaz, Hüseyni, Saba and Kürdi; the octave above it is called Muhayyer.

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Example pieces from the archive (4 in total)

Der Yemenî Pîş-i Menî · Şeyhülislam Esad Efendi
Ettiğiyçün Aşk ile · Ahmet Avni Konuk
Gel Ey Sâlik · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Pek Sevdim Efendim · Hacı Fâik Bey

The Dügâh 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.

Example pieces from the archive (4 in total)

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