SCORE MODIFICATION OF FAZIL SAY PIANO PERFORMANCE: ALLA TURCA JAZZ OP.5B

Abstract

The Alla Turca Jazz op.5b for piano solo is creative research in music performance. This study aims to examine unwritten Fazil Say’s embellishments of ornamentation, melodic and rhythmic phrases. The unwritten notations have developed since the seventeenth century of performance practice among keyboardists. However, the performance practice continuously occurs in the twenty-first-century performance although it is a complete notation. The Alla Turca Jazz op.5b was written and performed by Fazil Say throughout his performances globally with a dissimilar interpretation of embellishments. His unwritten embellishments contribute to the modification of the scores in contemporary piano works.