| Durak | Rast |
|---|---|
| Güçlü | Neva |
| Yeden | Irak |
| Seyir | Descending |
| Lower Çeşni | Rast pentachord |
| Higher Çeşni | Hicaz tetrachord |
Basit Suzinak is a makam in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
| Components | Note | Western Note | Steps to following note | Cents from Durak note | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rast pentachord | Rast | G | T (9) | 0 | Durak |
| Dügâh | A | K (8) | 203.77 | ||
| Segâh | B  | S (5) | 384.91 | ||
| Çargah | C | T (9) | 498.11 | ||
| Neva | D | S (5) | 701.89 | Güçlü | |
| Hicaz tetrachord | Güçlü | ||||
| Hüseyni/Hisar | E  | A (13) | 815.09 | ||
| Eviç | F# | S (5) | 1086.79 | ||
| Gerdaniye | G | - | 1200.00 | Tiz Durak |
Since the makam is based on 53-TET, it is impossible to directly tie it to 12-TET Western scales. However, using the 48-TET model, while worse than many other models in approximation, [2] allows for such comparisons. [3]
The approximation of Basit Suzinak within 48-TET would be: [4] [5] [6]
3, 6, 7) 3, 
6, 7)
An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system that approximates just intervals by dividing an octave into steps such that the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same. This system yields pitch steps perceived as equal in size, due to the logarithmic changes in pitch frequency.
Meantone temperaments are musical temperaments; that is, a variety of tuning systems constructed, similarly to Pythagorean tuning, as a sequence of equal fifths, both rising and descending, scaled to remain within the same octave. But rather than using perfect fifths, consisting of frequency ratios of value , these are tempered by a suitable factor that narrows them to ratios that are slightly less than , in order to bring the major or minor thirds closer to the just intonation ratio of or , respectively. A regular temperament is one in which all the fifths are chosen to be of the same size.
In music, flat means lower in pitch. It may either be used generically, meaning any lowering of pitch, or refer to a particular size: lowering pitch by a chromatic semitone. A flat is the opposite of a sharp which raises pitch by the same amount that a flat lowers it.
In music theory, the wolf fifth is a particularly dissonant musical interval spanning seven semitones. Strictly, the term refers to an interval produced by a specific tuning system, widely used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries: the quarter-comma meantone temperament. More broadly, it is also used to refer to similar intervals produced by other tuning systems, including Pythagorean and most meantone temperaments.
A quarter tone is a pitch halfway between the usual notes of a chromatic scale or an interval about half as wide as a semitone, which itself is half a whole tone. Quarter tones divide the octave by 50 cents each, and have 24 different pitches.
The Turkish makam is a system of melody types used in Turkish classical music and Turkish folk music. It provides a complex set of rules for composing and performance. Each makam specifies a unique intervalic structure and melodic development (seyir). Whether a fixed composition or a spontaneous composition, all attempt to follow the melody type. The rhythmic counterpart of makam in Turkish music is usul.
In music theory, a comma is a very small interval, the difference resulting from tuning one note two different ways. Strictly speaking, there are only two kinds of comma, the syntonic comma, "the difference between a just major 3rd and four just perfect 5ths less two octaves", and the Pythagorean comma, "the difference between twelve 5ths and seven octaves". The word comma used without qualification refers to the syntonic comma, which can be defined, for instance, as the difference between an F♯ tuned using the D-based Pythagorean tuning system, and another F♯ tuned using the D-based quarter-comma meantone tuning system. Intervals separated by the ratio 81:80 are considered the same note because the 12-note Western chromatic scale does not distinguish Pythagorean intervals from 5-limit intervals in its notation. Other intervals are considered commas because of the enharmonic equivalences of a tuning system. For example, in 53TET, B♭ and A♯ are both approximated by the same interval although they are a septimal kleisma apart.
Quarter-comma meantone, or 1 / 4 -comma meantone, was the most common meantone temperament in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and was sometimes used later. In this system the perfect fifth is flattened by one quarter of a syntonic comma ( 81 : 80 ), with respect to its just intonation used in Pythagorean tuning ; the result is 3 / 2 × [ 80 / 81 ] 1 / 4 = 4√5 ≈ 1.49535, or a fifth of 696.578 cents. This fifth is then iterated to generate the diatonic scale and other notes of the temperament. The purpose is to obtain justly intoned major thirds. It was described by Pietro Aron in his Toscanello de la Musica of 1523, by saying the major thirds should be tuned to be "sonorous and just, as united as possible." Later theorists Gioseffo Zarlino and Francisco de Salinas described the tuning with mathematical exactitude.
In music, 53 equal temperament, called 53 TET, 53 EDO, or 53 ET, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into 53 equal steps. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 21 ∕ 53 , or 22.6415 cents, an interval sometimes called the Holdrian comma.
In music, 31 equal temperament, 31-ET, which can also be abbreviated 31-TET or 31-EDO, also known as tricesimoprimal, is the tempered scale derived by dividing the octave into 31 equal-sized steps. Each step represents a frequency ratio of 31√2, or 38.71 cents.
In music, the septimal minor third, also called the subminor third or septimal subminor third, is the musical interval exactly or approximately equal to a 7/6 ratio of frequencies. In terms of cents, it is 267 cents, a quartertone of size 36/35 flatter than a just minor third of 6/5. In 24-tone equal temperament five quarter tones approximate the septimal minor third at 250 cents. A septimal minor third is almost exactly two-ninths of an octave, and thus all divisions of the octave into multiples of nine have an almost perfect match to this interval. The septimal major sixth, 12/7, is the inverse of this interval.
A neutral third is a musical interval wider than a minor third but narrower than a major third, named by Jan Pieter Land in 1880. Land makes reference to the neutral third attributed to Zalzal, described by Al-Farabi as corresponding to a ratio of 27:22 and by Avicenna as 39:32. The Zalzalian third may have been a mobile interval.
Yeden, in Turkish makam theory, is the note preceding the tonic note (Durak) as the leading tone within a makam.
Rast is the implementation of the Rast scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Acemli Rast is the implementation of the descending version of the Rast scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Çârgâh is the implementation of the Chahargah scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament. The makam is the central scale used within analysis in the Arel Ezgi Uzdilek system, this is not because this is a scale that's used a lot or otherwise central, but because it can be written without any accidentals.
Nikriz is the implementation of the Nikriz scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Geçki is the usage of a different makam during the performance of another makam, which may or may not lead to a modulation. It is a form of modal interchange, used specifically within Turkish makam music.
Uşşak is the implementation of the Bayati scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Kürdî is a scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
denotes a quarter flat, 25 cents in this case of 48-TET. (Would have been One Holdrian Comma in 53-TET) denotes a 3 quarter flat, 75 cents in 48-TET. (Would have been 4 Holdrian Commas in 53-TET) denotes a 1 quarter sharp. 25 cents in 48-TET. (Would have been 1 Holdrian Comma in 53-TET)