The Concept of Melodic Pattern Used Iminstrelhood Tradition in Terms of the Theory of Traditional Turkish Folk Music

Abstract

This investigation was applied so as to evaluate the extent which the concept "Melodic Pattern" was used in the Traditional ^ Turkish Folk Music source in Turkey and in addition, the question of how the concept "Melodic Pattern", which is used in addressing the scales of Traditional Turkish Folk Music, was used in the Minstrelhood Tradition was tried to be answered in terms of form and shape in the context of the investigation. In the investigation, information was obtained from various sources and mutual interviews through scanning documents in order to determine the situation, and in addition, the method"interviewing" was utilized in order to determine how the concept "Melodic Pattern" is used in the tradition of Minstrelhood. In the investigation, Folk Poets living, especially, in Erzurum, Kars, Kırıkkale, Kırşehir, Sivas and Tokat were cbosen.