Makams

Five makams of Turkish music in 53-comma tuning: in each, a drone on the tonic and a slow melodic motif. Ottoman sources wrote about the effect of makams on mood; this is a historical account with no clinical basis today.

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Scale: 9-8-5-9-9-8-5 comma · rast pentachord on rast + rast tetrachord on nevakarar rast (G) · güçlü neva (31 commas) · yeden irak (5 commas below)Seyir: ascendingTheoretical pitches; they may be played differently in performance. The seyir trace is the session's opening melody. The long ticks are the 24 Arel-Ezgi pitches.

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Evidence level T: Traditional/spiritual practiceDetails
Evidence level T: Traditional/spiritual practiceDetails
Evidence level T: Traditional/spiritual practiceDetails
Evidence level T: Traditional/spiritual practiceDetails
Evidence level T: Traditional/spiritual practiceDetails

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