Ottoman makam system

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The Ottoman makam system is a sophisticated modal framework that organizes melody, pitch, and improvisation in classical Ottoman and Turkish music.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Ottoman makam system canonical 2
Ottoman-Turkish makam tradition 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf musical modal system ⓘ
theoretical framework ⓘ
associatedWithInstrument kanun ⓘ
kemençe ⓘ
ney ⓘ
oud ⓘ
tanbur ⓘ
codifiedBy H. Sadettin Arel ⓘ
Hampartsum Limonciyan ⓘ
Rauf Yekta ⓘ
Suphi Ezgi ⓘ
coreConcept aşırma (modulation) ⓘ
durak (finalis) ⓘ
güçlü (dominant tone) ⓘ
inici seyir ⓘ
karar (cadence) ⓘ
karışık seyir ⓘ
makam ⓘ
seyir ⓘ
usul (rhythmic cycle) ⓘ
çıkıcı seyir ⓘ
developedIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalLanguageOfTheory Arabic ⓘ
Ottoman Turkish ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
includesMakam Acem makam ⓘ
Buselik makam ⓘ
Hicaz makam ⓘ
Hicazkar makam ⓘ
Hüseyni makam ⓘ
Kürdî makam ⓘ
Mahur makam ⓘ
linked to: Buselik makam

Nihavent makam ⓘ
Rast makam ⓘ
Saba makam ⓘ
Segah makam ⓘ
Suzidil makam ⓘ
Uşşak makam ⓘ
influenced Balkan urban music traditions ⓘ
modern Turkish art music theory ⓘ
organizes improvisation ⓘ
melody ⓘ
pitch ⓘ
relatedTo Arabic maqam system ⓘ
Byzantine echoi ⓘ
Persian dastgah system ⓘ
supportsPractice bestenigar (composition) ⓘ
taksim (improvisation) ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorDevelopment 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
usedIn Mevlevi music ⓘ
Ottoman classical music ⓘ
Ottoman court music ⓘ
Turkish classical music ⓘ
usesConcept comma-based tuning ⓘ
microtonal intervals ⓘ
pentachord ⓘ
tetrachord ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

maqam system → influencedBy → Ottoman-Turkish makam tradition ⓘ
linked to: Ottoman makam system
Persian dastgah → relatedTo → Ottoman makam system ⓘ