INTERPRETATION OF CLASSICAL WESTERN MUSIC PIECES WITH ŞELPE TECHNIQUE IN BAĞLAMA: THE EXAMPLE OF TURKISH MARCH (RONDO ALLA TURCA)

BAĞLAMA’DA ŞELPE TEKNİĞİ İLE KLASİK BATI MÜZİĞİ ESERLERİ YORUMLAMA: TÜRK MARŞI (RONDO ALLA TURCA) ÖRNEĞİ

Abstract

In music world, it is known that solo performances of classical western music works are performed with western music instruments such as piano, violin and flute, which are suitable for the Tampere system. In this study, the tonal characteristics of the bağlama instrument, which is identified with the Turkish folk music tradition, and its potential to offer a new form of interpretation in the classical western music repertoire were aimed by taking into account its tonal characteristics, technical capacity and traditional ways of use. In this study, the 3rd movement “Rondo alla turca” (Turkish style rondo), known as the Turkish March, of the Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major (K. 311) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who was inspired by the rhythms of the Ottoman Mehter march, was used as a sample. The adaptation of classical western music works to traditional instruments such as bağlama is important in terms of supporting intercultural interaction and enabling new forms of expression in musical language. In the research, the survey model of the descriptive method was utilized. The data obtained with these methods were analyzed and adapted to the bağlama in the form of TAB (Tablatur) note reading with the şelpe (tapping) technique. As a result of this research, a section from a piece composed in sonata form was added to the bağlama repertoire. In addition, it is thought that the method applied in this process will guide the adaptation studies to be made from classical western music works to traditional instruments such as bağlama.