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Miras-ı Saz

Usul

Darb Usul

Darb Usulü

A small usul of 6 beats; Ekrem Karadeniz gives it in 6/4 with two strokes: a düm of two beats and a tek of four beats. In the archive, five küpes by Ahmed Avni Konuk are measured in this usul.

Related: Darb metronomeDarbKüpe

Example pieces in this usul (5 in total)

The Darb 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); SymbTr ve Miras-ı Saz nota arşivi