Classical
Turkish music is a centuries
old music tradition which was passed from generation to generation by means
of personal training rather than through written instructions. Its vastly rich
repertoire which contains tens of thousands of musical pieces was inherited
from master composers of the previous centuries. Some well known composers
from 18th and 19th centuries include
Dede Efendi, Haci Arif Bey, Zekai Dede, Sevki Bey, and Rahmi Bey among
many others.
This sophisticated music genre was embraced
by cultured men and women alike, at the Ottoman Court, at elite houses in
Istanbul, as well as other big cities. It was also believed to possess
medicinal qualities and was used to cure many mental or physical illnesses by
soothing the mind.
Classical Turkish music is a modal music
which excels in masterful use of melodyas opposed to harmony. It uses many more notes in an
octave than western music does, and its instruments are designed to be able
to produce those microtones. Some authentic classical Turkish music
instruments are ud, kanun, kemence,
tanbur, yayli tanbur and ney.
Maqams (guidelines of melodic structure) are the
basis of Turkish music. Each song belongs to a maqam (the one which is most
suitable for expressing its sentiment), but there are also transitions to
many other maqams within the same song, in order to make it more interesting.
Some of the well known maqams are hicaz,
nihavend, kurdili hicazkar, huzzam, ussak, segah and mahur.
Classical Turkish music is a passion for
those who are fortunate enough to have encountered its treasures.
Merhum
Dr. İrfan Doğrusözün
Amerikada çalıştırdığı koronun solist ve
koristlerinden olan Ayça Yeşim
Hanımı, Kadir Has Üniversitesinde 2002 yılında
gerçekleştirdikleri bir konserde tanıdım.
Daha
sonraları; müziğe, şiire ve sanata olan büyük sevgisi, ve
öğrenme konusundaki azmi sebebiyle birlikte çalışmalara
başladık; yurtiçinde ve yurtdışında çok
sayıda konser gerçekleştirdik.
Yurtdışında
yaşayıp da kültürümüzü asla unutmayan, tam tersine
yaşadığı yabancı ülkede bile onu sonsuz bir
gayretle tanıtmaya çalışan nadir insanlardan biri olan Ayça
Yeşim, Ankara Rüzgârı isimli ilk albümünde icrâ ve üslûbu ile
hayli beğeni kazananmış idi.
Canlar
Dayanmaz isimli bu albümüne ismini veren şarkısı ile
şairliğinin ve solistliğinin yanı sıra müzik
dünyamıza bestekârlığını da müjdelemiş oldu.
Elinizdeki
albümün eserlerinin seçimi de tamamen kendisine âit olan Ayça Yeşimi
bu kıymetli çalışmasından dolayı tebrik ediyor
hocası olarak başarılarının devamını
yürekten diliyorum.
Osman
Nuri Özpekel
I
first became acquıinted with Ayça
Yeşim - who had been a member of the choir conducted by late Dr. İrfan Doğrusöz in the
USA - during a concert they performed together at Kadir Has University in
2002.
Subsequently,
and as a result of her deep love of music, poetry and arts, and her keen
determination to learn, we began to practice together, and we gave many
concerts together both in Turkey and abroad.
Ayça
Yeşims performance and style in her previous album Ankara
Rüzgarı has been widely appreciated. In this new album, Canlar
Dayanmaz (The Heart Cant Resist), she proves herself as a composer and a
poet in addition to a voice soloist.
As her tutor, I
congratulate Ayça Yeşim for her performance in this album, and
sincerely hope that her musical accomplishments continue in the future.
