Notation

Cantemir notation

Kantemir notası

The letter notation used by Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723) in his work Kitâbu 'İlmi'l-Mûsikî 'alâ Vechi'l-Hurûfât (The Book of the Science of Music According to Letters). Pitches are written with letters and durations with numerals; one octave from Rast to Gerdaniye has 17 pitches. With this notation Cantemir recorded hundreds of the peşrev and saz semâî pieces of his time; the notation of his contemporary Nâyî Osman Dede (d. 1729) is similar.

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Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system Arıza (accidental)Bakiye bemol (bakiye flat)Bakiye diyez (bakiye sharp)Büyük mücenneb bemol (büyük mücenneb flat)Büyük mücenneb diyez (büyük mücenneb sharp)Donanım (key signature)Ebced notation Hamparsum notation Koma bemol (koma flat)Koma diyez (koma sharp)Küçük mücenneb bemol (küçük mücenneb flat)Küçük mücenneb diyez (küçük mücenneb sharp)Mertebe Ölçü (measure, bar)SymbTr

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Sources

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.

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