IS THERE “COMMA NOTES” İN TURKİSH MUSİC?

Abstract

There is a common view that Turkish Music has comma notes, even every issue like,Turkish Music can not be developed further more or not polyphonized is relatedwith this ''comma notes'' because of being irrelative with equal temperament andthe music notes we use 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13 commadshaps and flats are not matching.However, if we do not look on the visionary side of this issue, historical and musicphysics correct our acknowledgement that there is no connection of comma notesneither the development of Turkish Music Northeun polyphonicity issue. Becausethere is no explanation of a ''comma voice'' issue, as has been settled as a prejudice.This article will analyze historically and music physically the being of voice systems,the intervals that has been named as comma and of its variations. It will also criticiseif there is a solid explanation comma voices exist or not. Finally the article will seizethis comma voices barrier the Turkish Music voice systems of the physicalfundamental sand the polyphony or not.