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Usul

Bektaşi Raksanı

A fifteen-beat usul (15/8) peculiar to Bektashi nefeses; its strong strokes fall on beats 1, 6 and 11, whereas in the classical Raksan they fall on beats 1, 4 and 9. It also appears in the âşık music of Anatolia and Rumelia.

Related: NefesBektaşi Raksı

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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: Gülçin Yahya Kaçar, “Bektaşî Nefeslerindeki Melodik ve Ritmik Özellikler”, Türk Kültürü ve Hacı Bektaş Velî Araştırma Dergisi 55 (2010); TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Bektaşî Mûsikisi” maddesi