The cities of Diyarbekir, Harput and Urfa, with their known names in history, have been the important centers of Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia in terms of makam music. Existing examples of these urban musical traditions ...

The nearest point of a subject, exhibiting a time-wise dimension, to audience is the ending. In other words, our final visual or aural contact with the subject is the ending. Therefore, the first thing we recall of a subject ...

In this study, an analysis based on pitch organization has been performed regarding the 3rd and 8th preludes selected from Twelve Preludes on Aksak Rhythms, Op. 45 by Ahmed Adnan Saygun. The method of the study respectively ...

Melodic nuclei have a suitable structure for algorithmic approach and mathematical modeling. The melodic nuclei method has taken its place in the literature as a "motif centric-nuclei based" makam analysis method, which ...

In this study, an analysis was carried out on the first movement of the Opus 6 Cello Sonata by Samuel Barber, one of the most prominent American composers of the 20th century, based on formal structure and unexpected ...