Çârgâh

Çârgâh is the implementation of the Chahargah scale in Turkish makam music. Chargah makam was invented by Saddettin Arel so as to make an attempt to link traditional Turkish music with European scales. There are no traditional compositions in this makam, Hence it is not a true Turkish makam - see "The Music of Rumi" ISBN 978-0-9571665-0-9. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament. The makam is the central scale used within analysis in the Arel Ezgi Uzdilek system, this is not because this is a scale that's used a lot or otherwise central, but because it can be written without any accidentals.^[1]

Çârgâh

Durak	Kaba Çârgâh Çârgâh
Güçlü	Rast Gerdaniye
Yeden	Buselik Tiz Buselik
Seyir	Ascending or Descending-Ascending
Lower Çeşni	Çârgâh pentachord
Higher Çeşni	Çârgâh tetrachord

Çârgâh in 53-TET

Breakdown of the Çârgâh Makam

Components	Note		Western Note	Steps to following note	Cents from Durak note	Function
Çârgâh pentachord	Kaba Çârgâh	Çârgâh	C	T (9)	0	Durak
	Yegâh	Neva	D	T (9)	203.77
	Hüseynî Aşiran	Hüseynî	E	B (4)	407.55
	Acem Aşiran	Acem	F	T (9)	498.11
	Rast	Gerdaniye	G	T (9)	701.89	Güçlü
Çârgâh tetrachord						Güçlü
	Dügâh	Muhayyer	A	T (9)	905.66
	Buselik	Tiz Buselik	B	B (4)	1009.43
	Çârgâh	Tiz Çârgâh	G	-	1200.00	Tiz Durak

Comparison with Western scales

Since the makam is based on 53-TET, it is impossible to directly tie it to 12-TET Western scales. However, using the 48-TET model, while worse than many other models in approximation,^[2] allows for such comparisons.^[3]

The approximation of Çârgâh within 48-TET would be the Major Scale.