The music of Bolu

Authentic music element of Bolu, the city that has hosted diverse cultures throughout the history, geographically neighbouring a couple of other cities, has been researched in this study.It has been aimed to constitute a concrete source within the dimensions of the folk music of Bolu by assembling official and private compilations done from past to present with our research and compilations.The data obtained was investigated one by one comparatively; in the most accurate way re-notated and analyzed.The voice records which had been obtained in the search of archives were studied and 62 verbal 43 and non-verbal warble of Bolu Region were analyzed.In this research, the unmetered folk song is not seen in Bolu Region. The songs in Kırıkhava (broken air in english ?the opposite of unmetered folk song. It is quite dynamic and lively) are seperated as verbal and non-verbal.As the result of this analyze, it is seen that the songs of Bolu Region are usually made up of 2.4 and 9 timely methods. Even it is limited when counted, there can be seen 5.7 and 10 timely methods as well.