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The story of the piece
The story linked to this piece, as told in the sources. The reliability of the source is shown above it; the sources are listed at the end of the page.
Lyrics
Ah kul oldum bir cefâkâre cihan bâğında gülfemdir
Ah cânım yâle lel le le lel lel li vay te re li ye le lel le lel le lâl-i ömrüm
Ah cihan bağında gülfemdir
Vay cânım Ah kul oldum bir cefâkâre cihan bâğında gülfemdir
Vay cânım Ah gönül sevdi o şehnâzı tükenmez işve vü nâzı vay cânım Ah cânım
Yâ le lel le le lel lel li vay te re li ye le lel le lel le lâl-i ömrüm
Tükenmez işve vü nâzı
Vay cânım Güzellerin ser efrâzı eren vaslına hurremdir
Terennüm: Vay cânım · Ah cânım · Vay
Meaning
Recordings
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Notation and playback data: Miras-ı Saz (AEÜ accidentals, comma precision) · adapted from (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, non-commercial use): SymbTr · Work data: MusicBrainz · License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0: share with attribution, for non-commercial use and under the same license.
In brief
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Memories
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The level is estimated automatically from the score: range, notes per second, tempo, short and dotted values, the length and asymmetry (aksak) of the usul, the variety of perdes and the length of the piece are scored together. It is a guide, not a substitute for a teacher's judgement.
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