The Re-Construction of Music Text on the Turkish Instrument Bağlama (original) (raw)

2017, STUDIA INSTRUMENTORUMMUSICAE POPULARIS

Performance production types are performative behaviours formed by its space, performer's quality and reproduction at every turn. When trying to analyze music through analytical approaches, such as what music represents as a text, what it includes in music-related assessments, in the sound's performance process that occurs with the configuration of the instrument, the factors such as performer, space, time, listener and audience which are the components of this text, are important. It is seen that sometimes the melodies produced by the structure of the instruments within the music texts have changed the entire structure of the resulting new performance, when they are performed with a different instrument. The listener and eventually musical text, as well as the performer are included in this change. The new texts that emerged in the performance of the examples of melodies that we have selected from the Turkish Folk Music songs, with the instruments with different structures will be focused within the study. At the same time, the formation of an instrument is analyzed within the context of performance theories. The performance act assumes the role of a symbol and as a cultural memory carrier that reflects social relations, ideological influence, and social hierarchy. Therefore, the evaluation of the social and political plan in the formation of Turkish folk music performances will be made along with the reconstructions occurred on the bağlama.