The terms of makam music with short, clear definitions: pitches and intervals, makams, usuls, forms, instruments, performance tradition and notation. You can listen to terms that have a sound example with the ▶ button.
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Performance
İcra
The playing or singing of a work; the person who does this is called an icracı (performer). In makam music, performance is enriched with ornaments and stylistic touches not written in the notation.
Related: Tavır (style)Hânende (singer)Sâzende (instrumentalist)
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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