Nihavend: beyond a minor resemblance

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Makam studies

Nihavend is discussed as a makam arriving on rast. Its place in the Arel–Ezgi classification and certain resemblances to minor collections do not reduce it to another name for Western minor. Development, repose and upper structures need their own context.

Keyboard similarities can provide an initial listening bridge, but should not compress the repertoire into one scale. Read the specified theoretical approach and then observe how phrases use the material. This introduction does not claim to resolve every historical classification question or provide a complete performance method.

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Write “resembles minor” alongside, rather than instead of, a study of final and seyir.

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Which final pitch is identified in this introduction to Nihavend?

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TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi · Nihâvend

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