Teke Region(Southern Anatolia) Research Papers (original) (raw)
One of the most important elements of Anatolian music culture produced by people with their own style and presented to the Turkish music world is “uzunhava” or folk songs with no rhythm. This type classified as laments of the Anatolian... more
One of the most important elements of Anatolian music culture produced by people with their own style and presented to the Turkish music world is “uzunhava” or folk songs with no rhythm. This type classified as laments of the Anatolian people, is a kind of music expressing the experiences and cries of the people, and has no rhythm, a certain seyir and scale, accompanied and guided by folk instruments. One of the important types in this rich “uzunhava” culture in our country is the “Gurbet Havas” from the Teke region. In the literature study, there is not enough research related to Gurbet havas. Accordingly, the aim of the research is to perform computer-supported musical analysis of Gurbet havas. In line with these aims, firstly a literature search was performed in the study and 15 recordings of folk songs which were not distorted were selected from the TRT repertoire and individual archives. Of these selected Gurbet havas, seyir features, frequency of pitch usage, makam analysis and melody graphics created with various computer softwares were analyzed, and suggestions were made for future studies by interpreting the obtained findings.