TURKISH ART MUSIC

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TURKISH ART MUSIC
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• Turkey, rich in musical heritage, has developed
  this art in two areas, Turkish classical and
  Turkish folk music. When describing Turkish music
  today it is generally said that Ottoman composers
  availed themselves of the rich musical heritage
  found in the cultural centers of the Abbasid and
  the Timurogullari, where Turkish, Araband Iranian
  musicians performed and created music known as
  Ottoman court music.
• This music was based on mode and human voices.

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• The mode and musical instruments of Turkish
  music can be found in all middle-east countries.
  However, with the passing of time, there have
  been changes in the mode from region to region.
  This music is not written down in scores with
  only the maquam, which is a similar pattern of
  major-minor scale system, being marked.
• Improvisation (taksim) is a traditional variation
  technique, featuring the form. One of the
  characteristics of Turkish classical and folk
  music, as well as the military music and the
  hymns, is being monophonic. There are about 24
  unequal intervals and almost numberless modes.
  Although written sources indicate 600 modes, only
  212 have survived to our day. These can be
  divided as follows
• 1.Simplemodes,
• 2.Combinedmodes,
• 3.Modes with changing pitch.

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• Through the centuries many instruments have been
  used in Turkish music, such as the ud, tanbur,
  kemence, ney, kanun, kudum, bendir, def, halile,
  lavta, santur, rebap, musikar, cenk and
  sinelkeman.

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• UD
• TANBUR

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KEMENÇE NEY
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KANUN
KUDÜM
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BENDIR
DEF
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HALILE
LAVTA
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SANTUR
REBAP
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• Turkish music is also graded under the four
  headings below
• 1.Non-religious music (with or withoutwords),
• 2.Military music,
• 3.Mosque music,
• 4.Islamic mystic music.

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• THE ART PERIODS OF TURKISH ART MUSIC
• PRE-CLASSIC PERIOD (IX cc to the middle of XVI.
  cc)
• From FARABI to NALÇE MEHMED EFENDI
• 2) CLASSICAL PERIOD (middle of XVI cc to middle
  of XVII.cc)
• From MERAGI to Tabi MUSTAFA Efendi)
• 3) LAST CLASSICAL PERIOD (middle of XVII.cc to
  end of XVII.cc)
• From Hafiz POST to TABI MUSTAFA IZZET EFENDI
• 4) ROMANTIC PERIOD (XIX.cc to the middle of
  XX.cc)
• (From Haci Arif Bey to Ahmet AVNI KONUK)
• 5) CONTEMPORARY PERIOD
• From FAIZ KAPANCI up to now (2010)

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• As you can see, the history of turkish art music
  is based on 9th century. It has a rich history.
  As the notas came to our country very late, Our
  music improved by the relationship of
  expert-apprentice by only words and ryhtms.
  Compared with western music, Turkish music
  revealed many rythm forms in order to perform the
  songs. After the notas are carried out, Turkish
  Art Music went on its rapid improvement.

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