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Usul

Mürekkep Nim Sofyan

A small usul of 6 beats; the usul lists of the TDV Encyclopedia of Islam and İsmail Hakkı Özkan count it among the 6-beat usuls together with Yürük Semai. Its name means “compound nim sofyan”; the Miras-ı Saz archive has no piece in this usul.

Related: Mürekkep Nim Sofyan metronomeNim SofyanYürük Semai usulKüçük usul (small usul)

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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: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, “Usul” maddesi; İsmail Hakkı Özkan, Türk Mûsikîsi Nazariyatı ve Usûlleri: Kudüm Velveleleri (“Mürekkeb (Bileşik) Nîm Sofyan Usûlü”); Muhammed Aydın, Türk Müziği Edvarları ve Nazariyat Kitaplarında Usûl Anlayışı (Marmara Üniv. yüksek lisans tezi, 2019), s. 122: 6/8, düm 3 + tek 3