Pitch and interval

Rast

The main pitch taken as the starting point of the Turkish pitch system; written as G in Western notation. Makams such as Rast, Mahur and Nihavend come to rest on this pitch; the octave above it is called Gerdaniye.

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Example pieces from the archive (53 in total)

Yine Bir Gülnihal · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Nihansın Dîdeden Ey Mestinâzım · Hacı Fâik Bey
Görsem Seni Doyunca · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Anlatayım Halimi Dildâre Ben · Tanbûrî Ali Efendi
Dü-Şems · Fârâbî

The Rast 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 (53 in total)

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