Çârgâh is the implementation of the
Chahargah scale in
Turkish makam music
The Turkish makam ( Turkish: ''makam'' pl. ''makamlar''; from the Arabic word ''maqām'' ) 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 m ...
. Chargah makam was invented by Saddettin Arel so as to make an attempt to link traditional Turkish music with European scales. There are no traditional compositions in this makam, Hence it is not a true Turkish makam - see "The Music of Rumi" ISBN 978-0-9571665-0-9. 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.
Çârgâh in 53-TET
Comparison with Western scales
Since the makam is based on 53-TET, it is impossible to directly tie it to
12-TET
12 equal temperament (12-ET) is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (\sqrt 2/math> ≈ 1.05946). That resul ...
Western
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scales
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. However, using the
48-TET
An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system that approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into steps such that the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same. This system y ...
model, while worse than many other models in approximation, allows for such comparisons.
[Note: This is because 48 is divisible by 12.]
The approximation of Çârgâh within 48-TET would be the
Major Scale
The major scale (or Ionian mode) is one of the most commonly used musical scales, especially in Western music. It is one of the diatonic scales. Like many musical scales, it is made up of seven notes: the eighth duplicates the first at doubl ...
.
References
See also
*
Çârgâh pitch class set
{{Turkish makam theory
Mugham modes
Makams in Turkish music