First module of the course “Online Music Therapy Course with Michael Bachmaier-Ekşi“. 6 sessions and Workshops, 540 minutes
Session 1: The importance of sound in Turkish Makam Therapy
August 5, 2020
- Exercise: playing through different makams.
Session 2: Basic Pythagorean intervals – a framework of makam scales and improvisation
August 12, 2020
- Exercise: fixing the pure tones on our instruments.
- Exercise: tetracyt – playing the sound that forms the universe.
Session 3: The origins and variations of Turkish comma
August 19, 2020
- Exercise: fixing the si-flats of al Farabi, Ibn Sina and al-Urmawi on our instruments.
- Exercise: playing the si-flats of Uşşak and Segah
Session 4: The origins of Turkish tetrachord and pentachord.
August 26, 2020
- Exercise: playing makams with lower tetrachord (Uşşak, Neva, Isfahan, Hicaz)
- Exercise: playing makams with lower pentachord (Hüseyni, Zirgüle, Buselik)
Session 5: Diatonic, chronic and enharmonic scales in ancient Greek and makam music
September 2, 2020
- Exercise: playing diatonic modes
- Exercise: playing chromatic modes
- Exercise: playing enharmonic modes
Session 6: Greek modes and emotions
September 9, 2020
- Exercise: playing the Greek Dorian mode
- Exercise: playing the Greek Phrygian mode
- Exercise: playing the Greek Lydian mode