Basit Suzinak

Basit Suzinak is a makam in Turkish makam music. It is in 53 Tone Equal Temperament.

Basit Suzinak

Durak	Rast
Güçlü	Neva
Yeden	Irak
Seyir	Descending
Lower Çeşni	Rast pentachord
Higher Çeşni	Hicaz tetrachord

Basit Suzinak in 53-TET

Breakdown of the Basit Suzinak Makam^[1]

Components	Note	Western Note	Steps to following note	Cents from Durak note	Function
Rast pentachord	Rast	G	T (9)	0	Durak
	Dügâh	A	K (8)	203.77
	Segâh	B	S (5)	384.91
	Çargah	C	T (9)	498.11
	Neva	D	S (5)	701.89	Güçlü
Hicaz tetrachord					Güçlü
	Hüseyni/Hisar	E	A (13)	815.09
	Eviç	F#	S (5)	1086.79
	Gerdaniye	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 Basit Suzinak within 48-TET would be:^[4][5][6]

• Major (3, 6, 7)

• Harmonic Major (3, 6, 7)