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Aksak Semai Evferi

A ten-beat usul written in 10/8 and close to Aksak Semai; Ekrem Karadeniz gives it with the strokes düm, tekkâ, düm, tek, tek. The ten-beat usul that Kantemir used under the name “semai” is today also known by this name.

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Example pieces in this usul (2 in total)

The Aksak Semai Evferi usul page: pattern, metronome and all its pieces

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Sources

The definitions were written in our own words, drawing on sources such as the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, Yılmaz Öztuna's Encyclopedic Dictionary of Turkish Music and Wikipedia; pitch and interval values follow the Arel-Ezgi-Uzdilek system. This content has not yet been reviewed by an expert; if you spot a mistake, please write to us.

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Source: M. Ekrem Karadeniz, Türk Mûsikîsinin Nazariye ve Esasları (aktaran: Muhammed Aydın, Türk Müziği Edvarları ve Nazariyat Kitaplarında Usûl Anlayışı, Marmara Üniv. yüksek lisans tezi, 2019)