Mustafa Karaoglu
Ashiq - a representative of "ancient modes" of music - Aşık Kederi
You may have heard 7 "church modes" of music - Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Some of these
names refer to ancient civilizations of Anatolia.
Today, only two modes - Ionian & Aeolian (natural major and minor) are in common use in western mainstream music. "Classical music" is mostly based on these two scales as they are the most stable ones in terms of "harmony".
Western "ear" is mostly accustomed to those two scales of music. So, a music piece in one of other five modes may sound awkward or unpleasant.
Anyway... what happened to other five modes?
We still use other modes of music here in Anatolia (Turkey) and Greece. Traditional music makes use of other 5 modes. You may find many examples of those 5 modes in Traditional Anatolian, Greek music and some in Spanish music.
Folk music mostly originates from people who were not 'taught' music, and so may not have been aware of the 'rules' of "classical harmony". Hence use of a wider selection of scales and ancient modes survive in this type of music.
In this photo, I captured one of the performer of this type of music. His nickname is "Kederi" - which means "affected
by or full of woe". He sings his own poems / lyrics accompanied by "Saz", a common musical instrument in Anatolia / Turkey.
Examples of this type of music:
Here, recently I tried to harmonize a traditional song "Katibim" in classical music style. soundcloud.com/mustafa-karaoglu/katibim-uskudara-gider-iken and Years ago, Boney M used the theme of this old piece in their song "Rasputin" www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg
Oi Oi Mupare www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lEk8MTw7-U
Here, pure example of traditional music from Neşet Ertaş - a prominent Turkish ashiq / ozan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfY_ol_rPA0
Another pure sample from group "Kardes Türküler" www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3HEGd8Gr5A
In case you may want to read more about "ashiq" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashik
Ashiq - a representative of "ancient modes" of music - Aşık Kederi
You may have heard 7 "church modes" of music - Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Some of these
names refer to ancient civilizations of Anatolia.
Today, only two modes - Ionian & Aeolian (natural major and minor) are in common use in western mainstream music. "Classical music" is mostly based on these two scales as they are the most stable ones in terms of "harmony".
Western "ear" is mostly accustomed to those two scales of music. So, a music piece in one of other five modes may sound awkward or unpleasant.
Anyway... what happened to other five modes?
We still use other modes of music here in Anatolia (Turkey) and Greece. Traditional music makes use of other 5 modes. You may find many examples of those 5 modes in Traditional Anatolian, Greek music and some in Spanish music.
Folk music mostly originates from people who were not 'taught' music, and so may not have been aware of the 'rules' of "classical harmony". Hence use of a wider selection of scales and ancient modes survive in this type of music.
In this photo, I captured one of the performer of this type of music. His nickname is "Kederi" - which means "affected
by or full of woe". He sings his own poems / lyrics accompanied by "Saz", a common musical instrument in Anatolia / Turkey.
Examples of this type of music:
Here, recently I tried to harmonize a traditional song "Katibim" in classical music style. soundcloud.com/mustafa-karaoglu/katibim-uskudara-gider-iken and Years ago, Boney M used the theme of this old piece in their song "Rasputin" www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvDMlk3kSYg
Oi Oi Mupare www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lEk8MTw7-U
Here, pure example of traditional music from Neşet Ertaş - a prominent Turkish ashiq / ozan
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfY_ol_rPA0
Another pure sample from group "Kardes Türküler" www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3HEGd8Gr5A
In case you may want to read more about "ashiq" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashik