Examination of the Rast Maqam's Appropriateness to the Violin From the Point of Range and Tessitura

Tessitura, the density of the notes in the voice field, has a great importance for both playing and teaching music. During recent years, due to the spreading of computer usage in musical researches, the number of analysis increased and the importance of tessitura has been understood better. This study aims to determine the appropriateness of Rast maqam for the violin by comparing the voice ranges and the tessituras of Rast and violin. In this study 50 compositions in Rast maqam and 200 violin etudes consist of 100 major and 100 minor etudes which have been chosen randomly are used. The tessituras and the voice ranges of Rast maqam and violin are shown in the tables, the similarities and the differences are defined and the appropriateness of Rast maqam to the violin instrument is researched. To define the appropriateness between them, Pearson corelation, r, which, is a frequently used technique in measuring the musical similarities. As the result of the study, some differencies caused of belonging to different cultures are determined while some similarities can also be seen. This study is important because of using the statistical analysis methods and including both Traditional Turkish Classic musical maqams from the different point of views with different methods.