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Usul

İkiz Aksak

A small twelve-beat usul; in the usul lists of TDV and İsmail Hakkı Özkan it is counted among the 12-beat usuls. The example in the archive is Üzeyir Hacıbeyov's türkü “Çırpınırdı Karadeniz”, written in 12/8.

Related: İkiz Aksak metronomeAksakKüçük usul (small usul)

Example pieces in this usul (1 in total)

The İkiz Aksak 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: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Usul” maddesi; İsmail Hakkı Özkan, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı ve Usûlleri: Kudüm Velveleleri