The music composition process is becoming much more practical in today’s digital world. Especially when it comes to writing sheet music on the computer,…
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General
In earlier times, within the tradition of assigning names of cities or regions—such as Iraq, Hijaz, Nishapur (Nishâbur), and Tabriz—to Turkish musical makams, in Iran a...
Nihavend Makamı (a mode in Turkish Classical Music) Read More »
Makams, Şed (Transposed) Makams
Yılmaz Öztuna, son of Abdullah Tahsin, was born on September 20, 1930, in Vezneciler, Istanbul. His father was Mehmet Muhiddin Öztuna, and his mother was Ayşe Süreyya Hanım...
The Suzinak makam was first introduced during the reign of Sultan Selim III. Although its originator is unknown, one of the composers of that period, Seyit Ahmet Ağa...
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Makams, Şed (Transposed) Makams
Dr. Osman Şevki Uludağ was born in Bursa in 1889. He graduated from the Military Medical School in 1912. He was a specialist in tuberculosis and radiology...
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Composers
Çârgâh is a makam that belongs to the category of simple modes in Turkish classical music, and it is also the name of a specific pitch. Its exact counterpart in Western music is...
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Simple Makams, Makams