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Theory
Tam perde
The pitches that make up the main scale in traditional theory: Yegah, Hüseyni-aşiran, Irak, Rast, Dügah, Segah, Çargah, Neva, Hüseyni, Eviç, Gerdaniye, Muhayyer and so on. The pitches that fall between them are called ara perde (in-between pitches).
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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