Makam Description | Makam Nikriz by Baha Yetkin

A sample improvisation (Taksim) of Makam Nikriz

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Tuning: Turkish (D-A-E-B-F#-D)

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[nicogetz]

Great playing as always, sir! You remind me how inventive, playful, and emotive you can be with just a handful of notes... i know the Nikriz pentachord, but have a couple questions about the larger Makam: So from the 5th scale degree, you've got what sounds like either a rast (or maybe even acem), and a buselik (or nihavend) leading back up to the octave? Is this right?
( To ears used to a lifetime of equal temperament trying to now learn makam and maqam, it sounds very close to simple major and minor, but i am dying to know what microtonal differences the theory calls for... While my ear is pretty good, discriminating a single comma is still a challenge!)