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Turkish Makam Influences in Jazz Improvisation (2020)

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Improvisation, the art of creating at the moment, is the main reason that I started singing jazz. It allows me to express my musical thoughts, while being the biggest struggle in my musicality. I was suggested by many of my mentors and colleagues that my ideas were nice but needed to be connected. These artistic needs introduced me to taksims, improvisations based on melodic development. In this research, I demonstrate how elements such as phrasing and melodic development can be integrated into vocal improvisation of jazz and arranged folk songs by analysing selected pieces in hicaz and huseyni makams. In this context, the recordings from Refik Fersan, Salim Bey, Andon Efendi, Cemil Bey and Tanrıkorur analysed and the stylistic elements implied into my daily practice with exercises. These exercises made my improvisations more solid and consistent by prioritizing melodic development. My findings, i.e. exercises and technical explanation, will help musicians, particularly vocalists who would like to apply the makam practice into their improvisation skills. By application of this process their musicianship will profit from the linear melodic approach, odd meters and the technique.
typeresearch exposition
keywordsjazz improvisation, makam, makam influence in jazz improvisation, vocal improvisation, hicaz, huseyni, phrasing, melodic development, glissando, structure, sarki, pesrev, semai, arranged folk songs, jazz pieces
date08/06/2020
published09/06/2020
last modified09/06/2020
statuspublished
share statusprivate
affiliationCodarts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten
copyright(c) Meric Calisan
licenseAll rights reserved
languageEnglish
urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/926083/926084
published inCodarts
portal issueCodarts Artistic Research Reports.
external linkwww.codarts.nl


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