Journal of Music and Folklore Studies

Öz

In the traditional nature of our music, meşk and notes are important in terms of offering different benefits. Meşk envisages the oral transmission of music from master to apprentice within the framework of traditional rules. Although this method greatly contributes to the teaching of music aurally, it has also brought with it negativities such as the fact that the works of many valuable composers have not survived to the present day. The fact that the works are not recorded in written form can be observed as one of the negative aspects of meşk. The fact that the notes that have been recorded and survived to the present day do not sufficiently reflect the details of the performances (style, attitude, etc.) can be counted among the deficiencies of the note. As in the past, it is not enough to notate a work today; meşk is needed for the missing parts. However, the fact that the performances are not performed according to the definition of form for various reasons prevents the emergence of the form. In our traditional music, the notes written according to different theoretical systems in different periods have caused complexity. It is thought that this situation causes different notes belonging to the same work not to be compatible with each other and with a performance that is suitable for the meşk system. In this study, 10 different notes belonging to the sazkâr murabba beste were divided into sections as zaman, zemin, terennüm, meyan, meyan terennüm and karar and were examined in terms of compliance with the usul, form and sazkar maqam scale. It was concluded that the usul of the work was ağır remel. It was seen that only one of the notations was written in accordance with the usul of ağır remel. It was also seen that the notations were not written according to the flow order of the beste form and were partially compatible with the sounds of the sazkâr maqam scale. The sazkâr murabba beste notation was rewritten by taking into account the usul, form and maqam definitions and this writing was included in the appendix section.