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Miras-ı Saz

Usul

Aydın

Another name for Çifte Sofyan, the somewhat faster form of the Aksak usul played with four strokes; it is written in 9/8. The examples in the archive are şarkıs and köçekçes by Tanbûrî Mustafa Çavuş and Muallim İsmail Hakkı Bey.

Related: Çifte SofyanAksakAydın metronome

Example pieces in this usul (6 in total)

The Aydın 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: Sibel Karaman, “Türk Mûsıkîsi’nde Kullanılan 9 Zamanlı Usûllerde Adlandırma ve İcra Hataları”, Türkiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi (Ungay 1981’den)