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Classical Turkish music works in real staff notation with AEÜ accidentals. Read the score, hear it with kanun sound, adjust the tempo.
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The story of the piece
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Lyrics
Çekmiş yüzüne nikab-ı işve
Ey mazhâr-ı âfitâb-ı işve
Ten ni ten ni dir dir ten te ne ni
Tâ nâ te ne dir ney dir nâ dir ney
Tâ nâ tâ nâ ta nâ dir nâ dir ney
Ye lel lâ yel lel lâ ye le lâ
Yâ lâ yâ lâ yâ lâ ye le lel li
Kim karşı durur nigâh-ı meste
Gelmiş gözüne şarâb-ı işve
Terennüm: Dir dir ten dir dir ten dir dir ten
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.
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