HI; this is a subject that I've been interested in awhile, but have only met a few people who knew anything about it.
I know in Sufi orders that utilize music for healing, the Sheikh prescribes different maqams like a doctor would prescribe prescription drugs. Latif Bolat, a Turkish musician, taught me the following:
Nihavendt: Humility
Hicaz: Sensuality
Rast: a sense of "Perspective"
Okay, there are a LOT of maqams, and so I am trying to make a list of what goes with what. Does anybody know anything about this?
Katya
I know in Sufi orders that utilize music for healing, the Sheikh prescribes different maqams like a doctor would prescribe prescription drugs. Latif Bolat, a Turkish musician, taught me the following:
Nihavendt: Humility
Hicaz: Sensuality
Rast: a sense of "Perspective"
Okay, there are a LOT of maqams, and so I am trying to make a list of what goes with what. Does anybody know anything about this?
Katya
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Re: Maqam as Medicine
Sat, April 9, 2005 - 7:04 AMSorry, I meant:
Ussak: a sense of "Perspective"
not Rast :)
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Re: Maqam as Medicine
Sun, April 10, 2005 - 3:34 AMI am currently in Istanbul trying to meet a few musicians so if you email me a list of the maqams I will try and ask. It is easier to start a queston with something already in hand.
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Sun, April 10, 2005 - 3:20 PMHey there; that's so cool you're there studying :) I can't wait until I can travel again!
Well, just off the top of my head:
Rast
Isfahan (I think it's similar to Hicaz)
Kurdi
Sagah
I think a good way to approach this would be to just ask the musicians about the music that they are playing. Ask them about the maqam, and if they know anything about what is the sentiment behind it.
Safe Journies!!!
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Re: Maqam as Medicine
Mon, April 11, 2005 - 8:25 AMKatya, you mean Sabah not Sagah right? Sabah is a sad scale. Each maqam has a different feeling and when you combine maqam's you get different feelings too. I will have to dig up my notes on maqam later. This is an interesting topic of discussion. -
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Mon, April 11, 2005 - 9:18 AMYes, Sabah; sorry, typo! Damn this mercury retro! I'm so glad it's ending tomorrow.
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Re: Maqam as Medicine
Mon, April 18, 2005 - 8:31 AMDidn't find out the information you were asking about but I did find out the following:
For the daily call to prayers there is a different Maqam used for the different times of the day.
Prayer Maqam
Morning Sabah
Noon Hıjaz
Afternoon Hıjaz
Evening Segah / Mustear
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Re: Maqam as Medicine
Mon, April 18, 2005 - 2:10 PMThanks, Donavon! This is very similar to Ayurveda, too. Every two hours the dosha, or element, changes! You have to adapt yourself to it.
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