Hi to all! I'm a new steemer from Turkey. I will post many songs from Turkish Music (Especially Classical Turkish Music) and some trivias behind the songs. In addition, I'm working on a general Turkish Music post which includes basic note informations, songs, composers, instruments, and anything else. Wish me luck! :)
"Nihavend Makamı" is a special Turkish Music mod. We call this mods "mâkam" in here. Nihavend is very similar to G Minor Scale in Western Music System (I'm not talking about cowboys, duels and sheriff's star :D I use "western" as a global and geographical term).
Ney is a wind instrument. For example;
Nihavend's ethimogical roots starts from a city's name. The city is located in Iran. Nihavend has a history of three hundred years, but it is getting popular in this century.
I will tell more about "makams" in another posts. So, let's go to first song of this series: Nihavend Saz Semaisi.
Nihavend Saz Semaisi (Instrumental) :
19th Century.
Composer: Hasib Dede
Hasib Dede ("dede" means grandfather in Turkish) lived in 19th Century. He is a musician, composer, chief instrumanist of his instrument "ney", painter, and doctor.
Here is two different versions of Nihavend Saz Semaisi. I hope you enjoy songs and this post. Thank you all.
References:
http://neyneva.com
http://www.hazimgokcen.net/turk-sanat-muzigi/nihavent-makami/