Kürdî is a scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
| Durak | Dügâh |
|---|---|
| Güçlü | Neva |
| Yeden | Rast |
| Seyir | Ascending Ascending-Descending |
| Lower Çeşni | Kürdi tetrachord |
| Higher Çeşni | Buselik pentachord |
| Higher Extension | Kürdi tetrachord |
Kürdî in 53-TET
edit| Components | Note | Western Note | Steps to following note | Cents from Durak note | Function | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kürdî tetrachord | Dügâh | A | B (4) | 0 | Durak | |
| Kürdî | B♭ | T (9) | 90.56 | |||
| Çârgâh | C | T (9) | 294.33 | |||
| Neva | - | D | T (9) | 498.11 | Güçlü | |
| Buselik pentachord | - | |||||
| Hüseyni/Hisar | E | B (4) | 701.89 | |||
| Acem | F | T (9) | 792.45 | |||
| Gerdaniye | G | T (9) | 996.23 | |||
| Muhayyer | A | - | 1200.00 | Tiz Durak | ||
The Kürdî makam has a higher extension, starting from Muhayyer, with the steps of the Kürdî tetrachord. The notes in that case are Muhayyer, Sümbüle, Tiz Çârgah, Tiz Neva.[1]
This is equivalent to having a Buselik makam on top of Neva.
Comparison with Western scales
editSince 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,[3] allows for such comparisons.[4]
The approximation of Acemli Rast within 48-TET would be: Phyrgian
References
edit- ^ a b Bay, Tolgahan (October 2023). "Türk Müziğinde Kürdî Makamının Tarihsel Değişim ve Dönüşümü Üzerine Bir İnceleme". Ayalgu Interdisciplinary Turkish Music Research Journal. 1 (1) – via dergipark.
- ^ "KÜRDÎ". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
- ^ Bozkurt, Barış; Yarman, Ozan; Karaosmanoğlu, M. Kemal; Akkoç, Can (March 2009). "Weighing Diverse Theoretical Models on Turkish Maqam Music Against Pitch Measurements: A Comparison of Peaks Automatically Derived from Frequency Histograms with Proposed Scale Tones". Journal of New Music Research. 38 (1): 45–70. doi:10.1080/09298210903147673. hdl:11147/2853. ISSN 0929-8215.
- ^ Note: This is because 48 is divisible by 12.