Kürdî is a scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.

Kürdî
DurakDügâh
GüçlüNeva
YedenRast
SeyirAscending
Ascending-Descending
Lower ÇeşniKürdi tetrachord
Higher ÇeşniBuselik pentachord
Higher ExtensionKürdi tetrachord

Kürdî in 53-TET

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Breakdown of the Kürdî Makam[1][2]
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

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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,[3] allows for such comparisons.[4]

The approximation of Acemli Rast within 48-TET would be: Phyrgian

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "KÜRDÎ". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-04-09.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Note: This is because 48 is divisible by 12.