Nikriz
| Durak | Rast |
|---|---|
| Güçlü | Neva |
| Yeden | Irak |
| Seyir | Ascending |
| Lower Çeşni | Rast pentachord |
| Higher Çeşni | Rast tetrachord or Buselik tetrachord |
Nikriz is the a scale in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Nikriz in 53-TET[edit]
| Components | Note | Western Note | Steps to following note | Cents from Durak note | Function | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikriz pentachord | Rast | G | T (9) | 0 | Durak | |||||
| Dügâh | A | S (5) | 203.77 | |||||||
| Dik Kürdî | B
|
A (12) | 316.97 | |||||||
| Nim Hicaz | C♯ | S (5) | 588.67 | |||||||
| Neva | D | - | T (9) | 701.89 | Güçlü | |||||
| Rast tetrachord | Buselik tetrachord | - | ||||||||
| Hüseyni/Hisar | E | K (8) | B (4) | 905.66 | ||||||
| Eviç | Acem | F♯ | F | S (5) | T (9) | 1086.79 | 996.23 | |||
| Gerdaniye | G | - | 1200.00 | Tiz Durak | ||||||
Comparison with Western scales[edit]
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,[2] allows for such comparisons.[note 1]
The approximation of Nikriz within 48-TET would be:
- Ukrainian Dorian (
3, ♯7 included along with 7)
Usage[edit]
Songs that use the Nikriz scale[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ This is because 48 is divisible by 12.
References[edit]
- ^ "Nikriz". TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (in Turkish). Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ 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.