Bûselik
- Effect
- Strength
- Hour
- Afternoon
Bûselik (pûselik) is the name both of a pitch and of a simple makam reaching far back in time; it appears in all twelve cycles. It comes to rest on dügâh; its dominants are hüseynî and çârgâh, and its course is ascending. Its scale is very close to the Western A minor. The Bûselik tetrachord and pentachord enter into the structure of many compound makams, from Hicaz-Bûselik to Sabâ-Bûselik.
On this makam the sources mostly agree. In the account attributed to Safiyyüddin it is the "pitch of strength"; in the list attributed to Fârâbî its effect is strength as well; Şirvânî too counts it among those that give strength and courage. On the time of day, however, they part ways: Şuûrî gives the afternoon, Şirvânî's list gives the forenoon. Şuûrî says that Bûselik is the makam best suited to Rûmî and Frankish gatherings, and links it to the sign of Capricorn. According to Evliya Çelebi, it is one of the two makams that nourished the souls of the patients in the Edirne darüşşifa.
Sources: Scale and history: Yavaşça, "Bûselik", TDV İA, VI, 467-468 (1992). Twelve cycles: Özkan, "Makam", TDV İA. Strength: Akdoğan, AÜİFD XLVIII/1, 79-80; Kalender, AÜİFD XXIX, 362. Forenoon: Akdoğan, 81. Afternoon, gatherings, zodiac sign: Şuûrî, Turabi edition, 165-166. Darüşşifa: Health Museum, "Evliya Çelebi".
What is written here is not a treatment recommendation; it is one culture's way of hearing sound.