Microtonal guitar culture in Turkey

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dc.authorid0000-0001-8036-9737en_US
dc.contributor.authorEren, Ozan
dc.contributor.authorGüven, Uğur Zeynep
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-12T20:55:35Z
dc.date.available2024-07-12T20:55:35Z
dc.date.issued2022en_US
dc.departmentMaltepe Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this article is to analyze the development and the contemporary artistic milieu of microtonal guitar culture in Turkey. With a particular focus on the adjustable microtonal guitar developed by Tolgahan Çoğulu, we examined musicians’ experiences and the ways that they relate to this musical instrument. We used qualitative research methods and conducted in-depth interviews with our key informant and adviser Tolgahan Çoğulu as well as eight musicians who specialize in microtonal guitar. We utilized Bennett and Peterson’s definition of ‘scene’ to discuss microtonal guitar culture in Turkey. After briefly presenting the development of guitar music and questioning the nature of its representation in Istanbul, we analyzed the themes that emerged in conversation with the guitar players. We determined that our interviewees, who are educated, enthusiastic and committed musicians, are all influenced by Tolgahan Çoğulu’s efforts to shape the microtonal guitar world and are driven by their own artistic motivations. We found that musicians shared views on the innovative and promising qualities as well as certain live performance-related difficulties of this instrument –including the need to hammer new frets for different tuning systems on stage and the necessity of sharing microtonal guitar music recordings or videos using new media technologies. Although musical pieces in the microtonal guitar repertoire are mainly rooted in Turkish music, many consider this instrument to be an attempt towards overcoming the generally accepted distinctions between Western and Eastern music. We aim to contribute to further analysis of this flourishing music culture through our discussions on future implications of the current situation and our projections for the growing interest in microtonal music in Turkey.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEren, O. ve Güven, U.Z. (2022). Microtonal guitar culture in Turkey. Musicologist: An International Journal of Music Studies, 6(1), s.1-25.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.33906/musicologist.956706
dc.identifier.endpage25en_US
dc.identifier.issue1en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85135592995en_US
dc.identifier.startpage1en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1103918en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.prg/10.33906/musicologist.956706
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12415/2850
dc.identifier.volume6en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000858686600001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.institutionauthorEren, Ozan
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTrabzon University State Conservatoryen_US
dc.relation.ispartofMusicologist: An International Journal of Music Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryUlusal Hakemli Dergide Makale - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmzKY03077
dc.subjectMicrotonal guitaren_US
dc.subjectMusic sceneen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.subjectTolgahan Çoğuluen_US
dc.titleMicrotonal guitar culture in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticle
dspace.entity.typePublication

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