Pitch and interval

Hisar

An in-between pitch 5 commas above Neva and 4 commas below Hüseyni (D küçük mücenneb sharp). It is used in the Hicaz tetrachord built on Neva in makams such as Hüzzam and Suzinak.

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Example pieces from the archive (3 in total)

Havâ Güzel Yine Gülşende · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Hisar Sazsemâîsi · Kemani Ali Ağa
Mâhitâb Olsun Cihan · Ahmet Avni Konuk

The Hisar 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 (3 in total)

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