Music and Time Annotation << Back Some Register Features of Mugham in the Texture of Composer’s Works (on the Example of Symphonic Mughams by Tofiq Bakikhanov) N.E. Bayramalibeyli The article deals with the phenomenon of octave-register contrasts in instrumental mugham and the role of texture in its implementation by the composer through the example of symphonic mughams by Tofiq Bakikhanov. The types and levels of manifestation of this phenomenon in mugham are presented. Certain episodes of the original mugham versions of Ahmad Bakikhanov and Tofiq Bakikhanov’s symphonic mughams are compared. The role of texture as a carrier of the individual basis in the implementation of octave-register contrasts in the composer’s symphonic mughams is emphasized. Texture techniques of its transfer are specified. Keywords: register, contrast, variation, mugham, texture, symphonic mugham, Ahmad Bakikhanov, Tofiq Bakikhanov. Pp. 08-11.