Ottoman makam system

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The Ottoman makam system is a sophisticated modal framework that organizes melody, pitch, and improvisation in classical Ottoman and Turkish music.

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Ottoman-Turkish makam tradition 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical modal system
theoretical framework
associatedWithInstrument kanun NERFINISHED
kemençe
ney
oud
tanbur
codifiedBy H. Sadettin Arel NERFINISHED
Hampartsum Limonciyan NERFINISHED
Rauf Yekta NERFINISHED
Suphi Ezgi NERFINISHED
coreConcept aşırma (modulation)
durak (finalis)
güçlü (dominant tone)
inici seyir
karar (cadence)
karışık seyir
makam
seyir
usul (rhythmic cycle)
çıkıcı seyir
developedIn Ottoman Empire NERFINISHED
historicalLanguageOfTheory Arabic
Ottoman Turkish NERFINISHED
Persian
includesMakam Acem makam
Buselik makam NERFINISHED
Hicaz makam
Hicazkar makam NERFINISHED
Hüseyni makam NERFINISHED
Kürdî makam
Mahur makam NERFINISHED
Nihavent makam NERFINISHED
Rast makam NERFINISHED
Saba makam NERFINISHED
Segah makam NERFINISHED
Suzidil makam NERFINISHED
Uşşak makam
influenced Balkan urban music traditions
modern Turkish art music theory
organizes improvisation
melody
pitch
relatedTo Arabic maqam system
Byzantine echoi
Persian dastgah system
supportsPractice bestenigar (composition)
taksim (improvisation)
timePeriodOfMajorDevelopment 17th century
18th century
19th century
usedIn Mevlevi music
Ottoman classical music NERFINISHED
Ottoman court music NERFINISHED
Turkish classical music
usesConcept comma-based tuning
microtonal intervals
pentachord
tetrachord

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maqam system influencedBy Ottoman makam system
this entity surface form: Ottoman-Turkish makam tradition