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Makam

Tâhir makam

Tâhir makamı

An old compound makam with karar Dügah (A) and güçlü Muhayyer (A). It is also called Baba Tahir; it rests on the same pitch as Uşşak and Beyati and is distinguished by moving around the high register.

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Related: Tâhir makamBirleşik makam (compound makam)DügahNevaUşşak makamBeyatî makam

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The Tâhir 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 makamSeyir (melodic path)Sipihr 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 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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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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