Kürdî is a scale in
Turkish makam music
The Turkish makam ( Turkish: ''makam'' pl. ''makamlar''; from the Arabic word ''maqām'' ) is a system of melody types used in Turkish classical music and Turkish folk music. It provides a complex set of rules for composing and performance. Each m ...
. It is in
53 Tone Equal Temperament.
Kürdî in 53-TET
The Kürdî makam has a higher extension, starting from Muhayyer, with the steps of the Kürdî tetrachord. The notes in that case are Muhayyer, Sümbüle, Tiz Çârgah, Tiz Neva.
This is equivalent to having a
Buselik makam on top of Neva.
Comparison with Western scales
Since the makam is based on 53-TET, it is impossible to directly tie it to
12-TET
12 equal temperament (12-ET) is the musical system that divides the octave into 12 parts, all of which are equally tempered (equally spaced) on a logarithmic scale, with a ratio equal to the 12th root of 2 (\sqrt 2/math> ≈ 1.05946). That resul ...
Western
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scales
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. However, using the
48-TET
An equal temperament is a musical temperament or tuning system that approximates just intervals by dividing an octave (or other interval) into steps such that the ratio of the frequencies of any adjacent pair of notes is the same. This system y ...
model, while worse than many other models in approximation, allows for such comparisons.
[Note: This is because 48 is divisible by 12.]
The approximation of Acemli Rast within 48-TET would be:
Phrygian
References
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Makams in Turkish music