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Pitch and interval

Segah

The main pitch 8 commas (a büyük mücenneb) above Dügah; written in Western notation as B koma flat (1 comma below B). It is the characteristic pitch of the Rast and Uşşak tetrachords; the makams Segah and Hüzzam come to rest on this pitch.

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Related: Koma bemol (koma flat)Uşşak tetrachordSegâh makamHüzzam makam

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The Segâh 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.

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