Turkish music has taken its place in the World music thanks to its richness of
modal music and the rhythm which came from the past to present day. The
pitch system, which has been utilized in Turkish Music has further increased
the modal liveliness. Considering the fact that 628 modes have been created
in Turkish music, it would not be wrong to discuss about an enriched form,
which has constantly been developing between the past and the future. In
addition to the abundance of the modes, the variety of tempo styles ranging
from 2 to 128 intervals adds a distinctive richness to traditional Turkish
music. For a mode to exists and be used by performers, many verbal and
instrumental works must be composed, as well as a sequence of compositions.
The composers have composed works approximately in 100 modes and have
preferred to compose certain modes instead of the recently created ones. In
the same work, however; they used the late technique and many of the same
authorities at the same time. Most of the modes, which have not been
exercised in terms of repertoire, or have been composed scarcely any, has
fallen into oblivion. It is known and practiced by traditional musical
performers that the tradition of intermodulation takes an important place
regarding performance. In addition to spontaneous compositions such
as taksim, na't, kaside and gazel, modulation among modes has been used in
most of the verbal and instrumental genres of traditional Turkish music.
However, the absence of written sources other than a few short texts with
regard to the teaching of modulation constitutes the problematic part of our
article. When the sources of Turkish music have been examined, it is
understood once again that how much that issue has been
neglected. Composers have frequently used modulations in
their compositions to enhance their melodic liveliness and show their talents
as well. That tradition has reached the peak, especially in the form of karı
natık as can be seen at Ahmet Avni Konuk’s “Rast Kar-Natık (Fihrist-
Makamat)” with 119 different modes in it. The issue of modulation has also
been common among composers as well as instrumentalists. Especially in the
form of taksim, modulation has been utilized widespread. Improvisations and
modulations during the intervals of suites, have the utmost importance in
Turkish Music. The instrumentalists have demonstrated their skills by using
improvisation by using modulation, while vocalists have demonstrated their
abilities by using freely performed genres such as gazel, kaside, na’t by
utilizing modulation. This tradition continues today, although it has been less
when compared to the past.
Emprovisation melodic development mode modulation traditional
Birincil Dil | Türkçe |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 29 Haziran 2018 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2018 Sayı: 12 |