Sites worth visiting
Sites worth visiting








MICROTONAL SOFTWARE & HARDWARE
Mus2Okur software from Data-Soft, whose chief architect is M. K. Karaosmanoğlu
Mus2 by Data-Soft, whose chief architects are Utku Uzmen & M. K. Karaosmanoğlu
Plaka Physical Modelling Microtonal Synth by Utku Uzmen
Uğur Keçecioğlu’s Notist program
http://www.tulgan.com/Nota22/index.html
Ömer Tulgan’s Nota program
X. J. Scott’s LMSO (Li’l Miss’ Scale Oven) and other software
http://www.huygens-fokker.org/scala
Manuel Op De Coul’s Scala program
http://www.tunesmithy.connectfree.co.uk
Robert Walker’s Fractal Tune Smithy program
Joe Monzo’s microtonality site and Tonescape application
http://www.dynamictonality.com/spectools.htm
Spectral Toolbox for Dynamic Tonality by William Sethares, Andrew Milne & co.
http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/16tone
Victor Cerullo’s Max Magic Microtuner and Vogue MK2 Synth programs
Aaron Andrew Hunt’s microtonal electronic and software products
Starr Labs special pitch control units
MUSIC AND DESIGN THEORIES
Erv Wilson documentaries on novel tuning horizons
http://eceserv0.ece.wisc.edu/~sethares
Xentonality theory research and musics of William (Bill) Sethares
http://www.bikexprt.com/music/index.htm
John. S. Allen’s keyboard designs and music theory
http://www.bestii.com/~mschulter
http://www.bestii.com/~mschulter/17-MOS-tunings_Letter-to-Ozan.txt
Medieval music expert, microtonal theorist Margo Schulter’s archive and letter to me
Harpsichordist Dr. Bradley Lehman’s site on his Bach Tuning
http://www.dolmetsch.com/introduction.htm
Dr. Brian Blood’s music theory and history site
http://wikinazariyat.wikispaces.com
My web enterprise for collaborative remaking of a new Turkish Maqam music theory
MAQAM MEDIA
Arabic maqam world
Turkish maqam world
http://www.turkishmusicportal.org/index.php
Turkish music portal
Turkish music videos
Turkish Music Foundation
Sufi Ümit Akdemir’s site and uploaded musics
Ali Ender Erkmen’s “web meshk (maqam seyirs tutoring) lab”
http://www.sanatmuziginotalari.com
“Recollection of Turkish Music Culture” score archive
Turkish art and traditional music score archive at the incentive of Remzi Oktar
Turkish art and traditional music score archive on Barbaros Akkurt’s initiative
Open-source “Turkish Music Score Archive Program”
Persian music hub
A wealth of 78 RPM records
MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies (JIMS)
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/nnmr
Journal of New Music Research (JNMR)
Bosphorus University Turkish Music Club site
http://www.neyforum.biz/Ney/index.php
Ney Dergisi (Journal)
Saz ve Söz Internet Journal
http://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
Petrucci Music Library
Robert Thomas Martin’s repository of music and theory PDFs
http://journal.oraltradition.org
Oral Tradition forum
http://themusicianslibrary.blogspot.com
The Musicians Library
COLLEAGUES
Microtonal composer Danny Wier’s music pages
Pianist-composer-improvisation virtuoso Hakan Ali Toker’s site
Microtonal guitarist Tolgahan Çoğulu’s site
Microtonal guitarist Neil Haverstick’s site
http://www2.hmc.edu/~alves/index.html
Microtonal composer and Gamelan expert Assoc. Prof. Bill Alves’s site
http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/People
List of other microtonal composers
Musicologist Dr. Fazlı Arslan’s website
Ethnomusicologist Dr. Eric Ederer’s website (user: “Sources”, password: “Parameters”)
Music programmer and computer artist Anthony Prechtl’s web corner
MICROTONAL VENTURES AND ALBUMS
Amerikan Festival of Microtonal Music site
League of US Mid-West American microtonalists
A podcast site of microtonal composers
Elaine Walker’s “Zia” electro-microtonal music band
Website and net-albums of microtonal guitarist Igliashon Jones
Microtonal net-albums with a beat
Internet crossroads for microtonal music albums
MISCELLANEOUS
My online video cache
My father Prof. Dr. Tolga Yarman’s site
Radical articles of International Relations Professor Baskın Oran
A well-grounded Turkish-English-Turkish online dictionary
A perspicacious Islamic reform movement
Treasure trove of Holy Qur’an multi-lingual translation and exegesis
Heritage of the Islamic Civilization
Contributions of the Muslim world to science