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Makam

Seyir (melodic path)

Seyir

The path a melody follows within a makam's scale: where it starts, which pitches it pauses on and how it reaches the karar. Makams that share the same scale, such as Uşşak and Beyatî, are distinguished by their seyir.

Related: Çıkıcı seyir (ascending path)İnici seyir (descending path)İnici-çıkıcı seyir (descending-ascending path)MakamUşşak makamBeyatî makam

Example pieces from the archive (53 in total)

The Uşşak makam page: scale, seyir and all its pieces

Other terms in Makam

Acemaşiran makamAcembûselik makamAcemkürdi makamAcemtarab makamArabân makamArazbar makamArazbârbûselik makamAsma karar (suspended cadence)Aşîrân-Mâye makamAşîrân-Zemzeme makamAşkefzâ makamBahr-i-Nâzik makamBasit makam (simple makam)Bend-i-Hisar makamBeste-Isfahan makamBestenigar makamBeyâtî-Arabân makamBeyâtî-Arabânbûselik makamBeyatî makamBeyâtîbûselik makamBirleşik makam (compound makam)Buselik makamBûselikaşîrân makamBüzürk makamCanfezâ makamÇargah makamÇıkıcı seyir (ascending path)Dilkeşhâveran makamDilkeşîde makamDilküşâ makamDilnişîn makamDügah makamDügâh-Mâye makamEski-Sipihr makamEvc-Hüzî makamEvcârâ makamEviç makamEviçbûselik makamFerahfeza makamFerahnâk-Aşîrân makamFerahnak makamFerahnümâ makamGeçki (modulation)Genişleme (extension)Gerdâniyebûselik makamGonca-i-Rânâ makamGüçlü (dominant)Güldeste makamGülizâr makamGülşen-i-Vefâ makamGülzâr makamHicaz makamHicaz-Zemzeme makamHicazaşîrân makamHicazbûselik makamHicâzî-Uşşak makamHicazkâr-Kürdî makamHicazkar makamHisarbûselik makamHümayun makamHüseyni makamHüseyniaşiran makamHüseynîgülizâr makamHüzî makamHüzzam-ı-Cedîd makamHüzzam makamIsfahan makamIsfahânek makamİnici-çıkıcı seyir (descending-ascending path)İnici seyir (descending path)Karar (tonic)Karcığar makamKûçek makamKürdî-Gerdâniye makamKürdi makamKürdilihicazkar makamMahur makamMâhurbûselik makamMakamMâverâünnehr makamMuhâlif makamMuhayyer makamMuhayyerbûselik makamMuhayyerkürdi makamMuhayyersünbüle makamMüberka makamMürekkep-Isfahan makamMüstear makamNeva makamNevâbûselik makamNevâkürdî makamNev'eser makamNevrûz makamNigâr makamNihâvend-i-Kebîr makamNihâvend-i-Rûmî makamNihavend makamNikriz makamNişâbur makamNişâburek makamNişâbureyn makamNühüft makamPençgâh-ı-Asl makamPençgâh-ı-Zâid makamPençgâh makamPesendîde makamPeyk-i Neşât makamRâhatfezâ makamRahatülervah makamRast-ı-Cedîd makamRast makamRast-Mâye makamRehâvî makamReng-i Dil makamRevnâknümâ makamReyyâ makamRuhnüvâz makamRûy-i Dilârâ makamRûy-i-Irâk makamSabâ-Aşîrân makamSaba makamSabâ-Zemzeme makamSabâbûselik makamSazkâr makamSegah makamSegâh-Mâye makamSelmek makamSipihr makamSultan-ı-Irak makamSultânîsegâh makamSultaniyegah makamSûzidil makamSûzidilârâ makamSuzinak makamSûzinâk-Zirgüle makamŞed (transposition)Şed makam (transposed makam)Şedarabân makamŞehnaz makamŞehnâzbûselik makamŞerefnümâ makamŞevk-ı-Cedîd makamŞevk-ı-Dil makamŞevkâver makamŞevk'efzâ makamŞevkutarab makamŞîvenümâ makamTâhir makamTâhirbûselik makamTarz-ı-Cedîd makamTarz-ı-Nevîn makamTerkibUşşak makamUzzal makamVecd-i Dil makamVech-i-Arazbâr makamVech-i-Şehnâz makamYeden (leading pitch)Yegah makamYeni Çârgâh makamZâvil makamZevk-i-Dil makamZevk-i-Tarab makamZîrefkend makamZirgüleli Hicaz makam

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Sources

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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