Pitch and interval

Şehnaz

The pitch 5 commas above Gerdaniye; also known as high zirgüle. It is used in the Hicaz color of the upper register of the makam that bears its name, Şehnaz.

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Related: Zirgüle Gerdaniye Şehnaz makam

Example pieces from the archive (18 in total)

Şehnâz Peşrev · Kemani Ali Ağa
Vardım ki Yurdundan Ayağ · Kemani Nevres Paşa
Yürük Değirmenler Gibi · Hammâmîzâde İsmâil Dede Efendi
Feryâd ki Feryâdıma · Tanbûrî Cemil Bey
Bir Nevcivâne Dil Müptelâdır · III. Selim

The Şehnaz 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 (18 in total)

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