Segah (Persian: سه گاه; Azerbaijani: Segah; Turkish: Segâh) is a musical modal system in traditional Azeri mugham and classical Turkish music.
This is the third mode and consists of 0.5-1-1 tone which is created in amalgamation of three tetra-chords with the reach method. Segah mugam associated with love, romantic feelings at listener. Subgenres of Segah includes: egah Zabul-Segah-Bardasht, Maye, Muya, Manandi-Mukhalif, Segah, high-pitched tone Zabul, Manandi-Hisar (in high-pitched tone), Manandi-Mukhalif (in high-pitched tone), Ashig-Kush, Mubarriga, Zabul, space for Segah, Kharij Segah-Bardasht, Maye, Takhtigah, Mubarriga, Manandi-Hisar, Manandi-Mukhalif, high-pitched tone Segah, space for Kharij Segah. Other mugams relating to the Segah are: Hashym Segah-sol, Kharij Segah-si, Mirza-Huseyn-lya, Orta Segah-mi, Zabul Segah.
In classical Turkish music, it denotes the "si half flat" pitch and the melody type in this pitch.
References
- Politically Correct Music
- There are seven main modes and three auxiliary modes in Azerbaijan Mugam Archived 2010-08-07 at the Wayback Machine