TURKISH MUSIC DICTIONARY

A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P R S T U V Y Z

Lâdinî Müzik

Secular music.

Lâedrî

An anonymous piece.

Lâhin

A melody.

Lâle-Gül

A compound makam used in Turkish Classical Music, created by Hüseyin Saadettin Arel by adding the Şedd-i Arabân makam to the makam Hüzzâm. Its dominant is segâh (Si/B one koma flat).

Lâle-Ruh

A compound makam of Turkish Classical Music, formed by adding the makam Aşîrân to the makam Pençgâh.

Laterna

A type of large cranked music box used by street musicians

Lâvinî

A makam once used in Turkish Classical Music. No examples have survived to the present.

Lavta

A long-necked lute. The original instrument was developed in the Arab world, and was then passed to Europe where it was developed and spread.

Leb Değmez

Lit. "The lips do not touch." A competitive practice in the Northern Anatolian âşık tradition, in which at least two âşıks sing their poetry without touching their lips, thus not pronouncing the labial consonants b, p and m.

Lenk-Fâhte

A ten-beat minor usûl of, consisting of one cycle each of Yürük Semâî and Sofyân. It is used in minor forms, especially in peşrev, nakış beste and Mevlevî music.

Leyle

A lullabye of the Iraqi Turkmen.

Leylim

The name for dances accompanied by folk songs in the Gaziantep region.

Lezgi

A common folk dance in the Caucasus region; the melody that accompanies this dance is called Lezginka.

Longa

In Turkish Classical Music, a quick, 2/4 insrumental form and dance music.

Luturyan Borusu

A wind instrument used in Turkish music.

Lüti

A lutenist.