A MUSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF FOLKLORIC MELODIES OF THE TEKE REGION
TEKE YÖRESİ HALK OYUNLARI EZGİLERİNİN SINIFLANDIRILMASINA YÖNELİK MÜZİKAL ANALİZ

Author : Zeki NACAKCI
Number of pages : 1603-1617

Abstract

The science of folklore which usually focuses on the way of life of folks everywhere shows differences according to communities and countries in the way music does. The science of folklore and music has become essential parts of the culture of societies in the scope of these differences and their richness of materials. Folk dances which are the important synthesis of the science of folklore and music have gained the role of shaping the identity of either the musical structure or the dances of the culture of the folks. At the ultimate point, music which has multi- cultural functions, has acquired an important place amongst folk dances and become inseparable from them. However the music used in folk dances, may present itself theoretically due to its relationship with social and public concepts. At this stage this question may arise: Which one of the aspects of the music of folk dances is more essential? Or should they be not considered separately? It should become quite difficult to find an appropriate answer to this question as the reality of the different regions of our country and that each region has got its own cultural aspects comes into the light. This study aims to state the musical characteristics of the folkloric melodies that belong to The Teke region where these type of melodies have become important in terms of form, variety, style and tune and henceforth classify them accordingly. Therefore tunes belonging to the Teke region in the repertoires of TRT Turkish Folk Music and related written materials were scanned by means of which 214 works were analysed musically. At the end of the study, the musical identity of every song has been stated and the tune of the regional songs, their timing in terms of measure and the like has been presented in numerically.

Keywords

Teke Region, Folkloric Melodies, Music, Analysis, Folklore

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