Pitch and interval

Hüseyni

The main pitch a tanini above Neva; written as E in Western notation. It is the güçlü (dominant) pitch of the makams Hüseyni and Buselik; an octave below it is called Hüseyni-aşiran.

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Example pieces from the archive (41 in total)

Senden Bilirim Yok Bana · Tanbûrî Ali Efendi
Hüseynî Peşrev · Lavtacı Andon
Ceddin Deden · Kaptanzâde Ali Rıza Bey
Hüseynî Sazsemâîsi · Kemânî Tatyos Efendi
Ben Gibi Sana · Tab'i Mustafa Efendi

The Hüseyni 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 (41 in total)

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