Pitch and interval

Mahur

An in-between pitch a tanini above Hüseyni; F raised by 5 commas (F küçük mücenneb sharp), 4 commas below Gerdaniye. It is the characteristic pitch of the makam Mahur; an octave below it is called Geveşt.

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Related: Geveşt Eviç Mahur makam

Example pieces from the archive (48 in total)

Yine Zevrâk-i Derûnum · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Mâhur Peşrev · Rauf Yekta Bey
Mâhur Sazsemâîsi · Gazi Giray Han
Mâhur Peşrev · Tanbûrî Cemil Bey
Aldı Aklım · 2. Mahmut

The Mahur 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 (48 in total)

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