AN EXAMPLE OF MEASUREMENT STRUCTURES OF TURKISH FOLK DANCES IN THE COMBINATION OF MELODY, MOVEMENT AND ACCOMPANIMENT RHYTHMS: FOLK DANCES OF TRIPLET/TRIPLE SHAPE STRUCTURED MEASURES

Abstract

The usul system, which is one of the indispensable elements of Turkish Makam Music works, has been a guide in the folk music research of the Republican period. On the one hand, western measurement patterns and on the other hand, mathematics of usul emerged as preferred and discussed methods during the creation periods of the repertoire.  Studies conducted in later periods have shown that the concepts of usul system and measurement dont have the same meaning and are representatives of different layers in music. In this regard, it is very important to choose the right methods to be used when determining the metric formations of melody, movement and accompaniment rhythms of Turkish Folk Dances performed with the melodies of the verbal and non-verbal folk music repertoire. The classifications made so far have gone no further than scaling the melodic structures of the dances with a focus on the procedural system. This situation has revealed the existence of a major deficiency in the field. What needs to be done is to evaluate movement and accompaniment rhythms separately, as well as melodic measurements. According to the results of all three elements, classifications should be made in line with the measurement structures obtained. This study covers a part of the big picture, in which the metric structures of all elements of the dances are evaluated together, in parallel with the recent applications on the determination of metric structures, and the metric table that emerges in this direction is presented. While triplets or triplet structures occupy an important area of ​​the Turkish Folk Dances game repertoire, it is important to evaluate and determine the meter structures of the games performed with these structures as a whole, in terms of both melodic, movement and rhythmic aspects.