Mixing for Parlak and Bowing for a Büyük Ses: The Aesthetics of Arranged Traditional Music in Turkey

Mixing for Parlak and Bowing for a Büyük Ses: The Aesthetics of Arranged Traditional Music in Turkey

Bates explores the production aesthetics that define the sound of most arranged traditional music albums produced in the early 2000s in Istanbul, Turkey. He focuses on two primary aesthetic characteristics, the achievement of which consume much of he labor put into tracking and mixing: parlak ("...

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Published in:Ethnomusicology Vol. 54; no. 1; pp. 81 - 105
Main Author: Bates, Eliot
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Champaign, IL University of Illinois Press 2010
Subjects:
Aesthetics
Anthropology
Cognitive problems, arts and sciences, folk traditions, folklore
Ethnic Studies
Ethnology
Ethnomusicology
Music
Musical criticism
Musical recordings
Musicology
Turkish language
Istanbul
Western Asia
Turkey
Istanbul Turkey
Discourse
Engineer
Mimesis
Musical analysis
Folklore
Aesthetics
Traditional music
Sound
Musical notation
Instrumental ensemble
Sound record
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Summary:Bates explores the production aesthetics that define the sound of most arranged traditional music albums produced in the early 2000s in Istanbul, Turkey. He focuses on two primary aesthetic characteristics, the achievement of which consume much of he labor put into tracking and mixing: parlak ("shine") and buyuk ses ("big sound"). He also examines the phenomenon of arranged traditional music, which has roots in Turkish government ensembles, but now encompasses performances of repertoire in many ethnic languages found in Turkey.
ISSN:0014-1836
2156-7417
DOI:10.5406/ethnomusicology.54.1.0081