A Modal Heterotopia : Rethinking Makam Modality and Chordal Harmony in Interwar Rebetiko

Cambridge University Press
2024
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DELEGOS, S. (2024). A Modal Heterotopia: Rethinking Makam Modality and Chordal Harmony in Interwar Rebetiko. Yearbook for Traditional Music, 1–24. doi:10.1017/ytm.2024.9

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This article revisits the concepts of makam modality and chordal harmony, and argues for viewing interwar rebetiko as a musico-cultural amalgamation. I explore the transcendence of the theoretical incompatibility beyond the East–West dichotomy by employing the Foucauldian concept of heterotopia as a de-ideologised analytical tool. I conduct a case study of makam Sabâ and pertinent harmonisation on the guitar, by analysing two representative historical recordings from the 1930s and interpreting them within the contemporaneous musico-cultural context. As a result, I contend that the terms “equal-tempered makam” and “idiosyncratic harmonisation” mirror expressions of modal heterotopia within interwar rebetiko.

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OKM-julkaisutyyppi

A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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Yearbook for traditional music

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ISSN

0740-1558