Structural properties of Turkish folk melodies

This research is done for defining the structural properties and adding knowledge by investigating the folk songs through their melodic patterns, rhytms, alterations and suiatablelity of voice intervals. The folk songs whom are located for the research investigated by their; scales, rhytms, alterations and voice intervals. This structural properties defined by pieces recorded and saved. After the analysis of the data; 627 folk songs from TRT repertuary are, Detected by region, melodic pattern, rhytm,alteratin and voice intervals. It is aimed to make easier to group and choose the folk songs. Within the results of the research advices are given for eleminating and choosing the folk songs by their regions, mellodic patterns, rhytms, voice intervals and alterations.