Part two

PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSING MUSIC
IN AZERBAIJANI MODES IN FOLK STYLE

I. STRUCTURE OF PERFECT QUARTES

2. Composing melodies in the mode "Rast"

A. Symmetrical composition of phrases, sentences, and periods

Two symmetrically structured phrases - initial and response - form one sentence.
Initial phrase occupies the 1-st bar and ends in the beginning of the 2-nd bar (conclusion of the initial phrase in one and the same degree of the mode determines the sections of the mode "Rast").
Response phrase fills the 3-rd bar and ends in the beginning of the 4-th bar forming a half cadence.

Initial phrase is connected with a response phrase by linking phrase. The end of it coincides with the beginning of the response phrase.

 

In order to conclude a musical thought expressed in the first sentence, a response sentence with a full cadence in the tonic of the 8-th bar is required.
We suggest the following methods of composing response sentences:
1. Exact use of the 5-th and the 6-th bars in the melody of the initial phrases, the concluding phrase filling the 7-th bar ended in the beginning of the 8-th bar in the tonic:

2. Exact use of the response phrase melody in the 5-th-6-th bars:

3. Use of rhythmical structure of the linking phrase in the 5-th-6-th bars:

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