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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Theory
Perde
A sound of a specific pitch and its name; in makam music every pitch has its own name, such as Rast, Dügah or Segah. The same word is also used for the frets on fretted instruments that mark where the finger presses.
Related: Tam perde (main pitch)Ara perde (in-between pitch)Perde bağı (fret)
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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