fernandoamartin
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Rast+Bayati maqam?
Hi.
I have read in some sources that maqam nairuz is formed by a rast pentachord on C + bayati tetrachord on G. Rast + bayati looks fascinating.
maqamworld.com says that nairuz transposed to D is nishaburek. But most web sites about maqam teach nishaburek as being a rast maqam, transposed to D
(or A in turkish notation). Turkish sites teach that nishaburek starts around the 5th, descends to the 1st and then goes up again before finally going
down to a closure. They don't even mention a bayati starting on the 5th note.
So here are my questions:
1 - Is there really a maqam formed by rast on the 1st note and bayati on the 5th?
2 - Is it what they call nairuz? Or other?
3 - If there's such a maqam can anyone tell me what is its sayr (starting note, direction etc.)?
Thanks in advance.
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Jody Stecher
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The name Nairuz (in any spelling) sounds as though it may be of Persian origin. There is however a place in Western Switzerland called Neyruz.
According to "The Maqam Book" Nairuz is an ascending maqam. Its pitches are as you describe in question #1.
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fernandoamartin
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Thank you for your answer Jody.
I found another source that teaches Nishaburek as rast+bayati. (http://www.alsiadi.com/Maqam_Nishaburk.html) And they highlight a logical point because they indicate that in the descending part bayati becomes
kurd. This also looks like maqamworld explanation that says that nayruz transposed to D is nishaburek.
It was very interesting when you said that nairuz is an ascending maqam. Does that mean that, like rast, nairuz starts emphasizing C, then goes up to
G, passes through the middle sikah trichord and goes up to the second jins before returning?
Does The maqam book give some further explanation about Nayruz?
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