DİLSİZ KAVAL ÇALGISINDA İCRAYI KOLAYLAŞTIRAN “DELİK AKORTLAMA” (HOLE TUNING) APARATI
“HOLE TUNING” APPARATUS FACILITATING THE PERFORMANCE OF RIMBLOWN KAVAL

Summary/Abstract: Similar or different varieties of the folk wind instrument rim-blown kaval, which is widely seen in our country, are used in almost all geographies of the world with different names. The rim-blown kaval is a remarkable instrument that has a history of tens of thousands of years and is still among the cultural values of our country. This study presents a suggestion for the convenience of performing the comma sounds on the fret holes of the traditional rim-blown kaval without using finger positions (closing the fret holes half or quarter). In this study, the facilities provided by this apparatus, which I named as Hole Tuning, in the performance, education system of the rim-blown kaval instrument are explained. This apparatus, which allows tempered sounds to be performed as comma sounds, will allow easy performance of makam music by rim-blown kavals, which are tuned according to the temperament system, in a wide international geography. In the article, after reviewing the related literature, the problems experienced in the performance of the comma sounds in the performance of the rim-blown kaval based on the interviews with the experts are discussed and the solutions are presented. During the research process, different rim-blown flutes from different musical cultures are examined and considered. The findings obtained by comparison and experimental methods are analysed and it is concluded that it is possible to obtain comma sounds more practically by using this apparatus in the rim-blown kaval.

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