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Miras-ı Saz

Usul

Kapalı Curcuna

The closed (kapalı) way of striking the Curcuna usul; İsmail Hakkı Özkan lists it separately from Açık Curcuna in his list of usuls. It has ten beats, is written in 10/8 in the archive (10/16 in two pieces), and all the pieces here are şarkıs.

Related: CurcunaKapalı Curcuna metronomeŞarkı

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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: İsmail Hakkı Özkan, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı ve Usûlleri: Kudüm Velveleleri (aktaran: Muhammed Aydın, Türk Müziği Edvarları ve Nazariyat Kitaplarında Usûl Anlayışı, Marmara Üniv. yüksek lisans tezi, 2019); SymbTr (MTG, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) usul listesi ve Miras-ı Saz nota arşivi