Elazig music culture

Music is one of the most important cultural elements that not only contains the cultural codes of the society it belongs to, but also reflects the characteristics of the nation that creates it. Voice, scale, maqam, rhythm, melody, etc. When evaluated together with literary and visual elements such as lyrics and folk dances that complement musical structures, music; It becomes an indicator of a national identity that includes language, religion, belief, customs and traditions, the society's worldview and philosophy of life. Turkish music consists of genres such as Turkish military music, Turkish classical music, Turkish folk music, Turkish Sufi music. Turkish music, which represents all of these subgenres, reflects the characteristics of Turkish national identity. Regional/local music is one of the important building blocks of Turkish music, which is evaluated within Turkish folk music. Elazığ music is considered one of the most important regional/local music in the geography of Türkiye. Lyrics, dialect, melody, maqam, style, instruments used, voice and saz performers, performance styles, performance environments, historical and cultural origins, etc. Elazığ music with its characteristics constitutes the content of our study.