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Usul

Mürekkep Sofyan

A small twelve-beat usul; in the lists of TDV and İsmail Hakkı Özkan it appears among the 12-beat usuls under the name “birleşik sofyan” (compound sofyan). The example in the archive is Hacı Ârif Bey's ısfahan şarkı “Canda hâsiyyet mi var”, written in 12/8.

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Example pieces in this usul (1 in total)

The Mürekkep Sofyan 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