Investigation of makam correlation between Turkish art music and Turkish folk music

This thesis was made in order to understand makam concept mathematically with computer in Turkish music. The histogram and dynamic time warping (DTW) methods were used in this thesis. By using histogram method, similarities and dissimilarities of Hicaz makam art music songs and folk music songs, Acemkürdi makam art music songs, Kürdi makam art music songs, Muhayyerkürdi makam art music songs and sample seyirs of Hicaz makam were calculated. On the other hand,by using dynamic time warping method, similarities of Hicaz makam art music songs and folk music songs, sample seyirs of Hicaz makam, behaviour of Hicaz makam according to time axis and the distinctiveness of Hicaz makam art music songs and folk music songs with Acemkürdi makam art music songs, Kürdi makam art music songs, Muhayyerkürdi makam art music songs according to time axis were revealed. The obtained results show that the investigation depends on time axis, it means that using a dynamic time warping (DTW) gives more explicit results than the investigation independent of the time axis, that is made according to histogram graphs. In brief, using a dynamic time warping method is a more reasonable approach in terms of obtaining better results in Turkish music.