Kurdili Hicazkar Makam

Kurdili Hicazkar Makam

This is essentially a Kurdi scale on G (Rast). If the scale is extended above the octave, then either a Kurdi or Hicaz tetrachord is used:

The A flattened by four commas (Sehnaz) and the B flattened by 1 comma (Tiz Segah) that appear in the Hicaz tetrachord are shown by red ovals in the fingering diagram below to distinguish them from the A flat (Nim Sehnaz) and B flat (Sumbule) in the Kurdi tetrachord:

 


 

The entire scale of Hicazkar makam can also be used within Kurdili Hicazkar makam:

 


 

There are two other structures which may be used. The first of these is a descending Bayati scale on D (Neva):

 


 

The second is an overlapping (descending) combination of a Rast pentachord on C (Cargah) and an Ussak tetrachord on A (Dugah), which is also known as Arazbar makam:

 

 


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